Albert Camus: The rise of a literary icon
This week, we're putting the focus on Nobel Prize-winning French author Albert Camus. As 2020 saw France mark 60 years since his death in a car crash, Camus's seminal work "The Plague" was unexpectedly thrust back into the spotlight by the Covid-19 pandemic. From the UK to Japan, the 1947 novel established itself as a global sensation, topping sales charts and pushing publishers into a rushed reprint. But Camus's prolific and multi-faceted career extends far beyond this viral hit. We tell you more about the author's life, starting with his humble beginnings in French-ruled Algeria.
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Albert Camus is one of the greatest writers of all time because he knows what the human thinks and feels.
Read "The Plague" ages ago. I always wonder what M. Albert would make of the last three years. Merci, Albert. We miss you.
I love France 24 and the work they do. I wish all media outlets were as honorable and honest.
He was beautiful..wasn't he? I think beautiful of all philosopher.
@koshal4med
2 жыл бұрын
You mean handsome 😌🤙🏻
@user-uy4jc3zz5p
2 жыл бұрын
@@koshal4med no I mean beautiful ..🧚♀
@richardwestwood8212
2 жыл бұрын
Sartre was more beautiful than him.
@briankevinpacis9002
2 жыл бұрын
True
@MrUndersolo
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardwestwood8212 Sartre was a toad, inside and out.
Insightful and meaningful 😊❤️🌹. Thank you
greatttt
Algeria writer 🇩🇿
All his Journals are now published in English in several volumes: This is Alberto up close and personal. Sartre the Stalinist dropped him. De Beauvoir (Rebecca West called her a silly bitch) said, 'I shall miss Camus,' and all because Camus told the truth about the Gulag Archipelago.
@TheNeo349
2 жыл бұрын
camus' relevance even 50+ years after he died is proof of the fact that he touched some deep veins in the human psyche, satre's denouncement just seems silly now
I understand both English and French, but one at a time, please! The unavailability of captions compounds the problem.
@Atheneon
Жыл бұрын
You are so lucky to know the 2 kqnguaves
👌👌👌
Thank you for this very interesting profile...good work!
he made me fell in love with France once... now France is just, in my mind, Le Pen and the right wingers... so sad. They could use a little existentialism...
The greatest philosopher of all time.
@richardwestwood8212
2 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding? How old are you?
@typenull3367
Жыл бұрын
Not the greatest philosopher but perhaps the greatest writer of the greatest era of mankind: 20th century
❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇵❤️❤️❤️
@a.t30
7 ай бұрын
He is algrian 🇩🇿
Bonjour Monsieur Albert Camus, honor and glory, Nobel Prize Winning FRENCH author, ´´simdi mutlu olmayi degil yalnizca Bilincli Olmayi diliyorum Sayin Albert Camus, j´aime bien la cusine ALGERIEN - Kisra, Bourek, Mkartfa, Harira, Makroudh, Chakchouka, Algerian Datte, Tres Bien, Merci, my Respect
Is it true he was murdered (the car accident was intentional) ?
"ACCIDENT"
Why is he considered French and not Algerian ?
@Yorecore
8 ай бұрын
Because his parents are French, he is considered as an Algerian-French author
🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿algers I s great of all time the war off Numidian (algeria) make great challeng the good and bad good wins
weird, no left wing establishment spin, just intelligent conversation,
@cautionmike697
2 жыл бұрын
Camus embodies leftism in promotion for collectivism and rebellion against authoritarianism. Are you dumb?
@massacreee3028
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao the average Jordan Peterson enjoyer. Camus was far left my guy. Have you read any of his books and how he said you should interpret or “spin” him? Touch some grass bro the left isn’t after you.
@lakiog1938
2 жыл бұрын
@@cautionmike697 which is what also every single fascist and reactionary writer pushed for aswell. Try again
@lakiog1938
2 жыл бұрын
@@massacreee3028 yeah exactly
@shimmeringreflection
10 ай бұрын
@@massacreee3028finally I get to reply to somebody who hates JP. The real reason you hate him is that the truth hurts.
Un homme grande...Je aimes a lire ses ouvres..