Albert camus biography eve newsboys
Albert camus the myth of sisyphus.
Our Albert Camus biography is in three parts: 1913-43 covering his birth to the publication of The Stranger and Myth of Sisyphus; 1943-51 covering his work for Combat to the publication of The Plague; 1951-60 covering the furore over The Rebel, the aftermath and The Fall ending with Camus’s untimely death.
Part one: 1913-43
Camus’s birth in Algiers
Louis Germain mentorship and school scholarship
Tuberculosis and move to Uncle Acault’s
First articles published
University of Algiers and Jean Grenier mentorship
Marriage to Simone Hié
Awarded teaching diploma, rejected on health grounds
Split with Hié
Joins then leaves Communist Party
Publishes The Wrong Side and Right Side
Co-founds Théâtre de l’Equipe theatre group
Takes job as court reporter
Writes powerful series on the poverty in Kabylia
Reviews Sartre’s Nausea and Le Mur
Outbreak of war, newspaper closed, Camus tries to enlist
Moves to Paris
Divorce comes