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Albert Camus

Born in Algeria in 1913, ALBERT CAMUS published The Stranger--now one of the most widely read novels of this century--in 1942. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he was killed in a car accident.
Caligula and Three Other Plays
The Plague
Committed Writings
Personal Writings
Create Dangerously
The Myth of Sisyphus
The First Man
Happy Death
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
The Stranger
The Rebel
The Fall
No Exit and Three Other Plays

Books

Caligula and Three Other Plays
The Plague
Committed Writings
Personal Writings
Create Dangerously
The Myth of Sisyphus
The First Man
Happy Death
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
The Stranger
The Rebel
The Fall
No Exit and Three Other Plays

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