The Life of Camus (2)
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Updated: 7 Apr 2018
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Born on November 7, 1913 in Mondovi, French AlgeriaWorld War IEnd of World War ICamus is diagnosed with TuberculosisCamus joins the French Communist PartyCamus joins the Algerian Peoples' PartyCamus marries Simone HiéBeginning of his theatrical careerBegins writing for Soir-Republicain, one of many socialist newspapers he works for in his lifetime.Camus marries pianist-mathematician Francine FaureFrancine gives birth to Camus's children - twins Catherine and JeanBegins working with the Paris Soir magazineMoved to BordeauxBy now, manuscripts for Camus' The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus were complete.Returned to Algeria from Bordeaux.Camus starts a trade union movementCamus forms the French Committee for the European FederationFirst conference of the European Federalist Movement.Camus dies in a car accident. He is 46 years old.Camus publishes his first book titled L’Envers et l’EndroitCamus meets Jean-Paul Sartre for the first time/Becomes the editor of an underground French newspaper called Combat.Paris is liberated from Nazi control around this time.Camus leaves his post as the editor of Combat.His tuberculosis worsens. He lives a life of isolation for the next two years.The Rebel is published.Camus begins campaigning for human rights. Around the same time, he also begins working with UNESCO.Camus resigns from his post at UNESCO.Begins writing for L'Express which he continues to do until late in 1960.CAMUS IS AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE!Camus directs play called Dostoyesvsky's Demons which is a huge success.Beginning of the Algerian WarThe Stranger is published by now.A second collection of essays titled Nuptials is published in this year.The Plague is published in this year.The Fall is published in this year.A Happy Death (written in the 1930s) is published posthumously.A collection of short stories titled Exile and The Kingdom is published in this year.
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