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Albert Camus

Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, and journalist whose work explored the philosophical concept of the absurd—the conflict between humanity’s search for meaning and the universe’s indifference. His major contributions include the novels The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), alongside the philosophical essays The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) and The Rebel (1951). Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, Camus rejected existentialist and nihilist labels, advocating instead for a defiant humanism in the face of life’s inherent absurdity.

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