Albert Camus died on 4 January 1960 in Villeblevin, aged 46. A French philosopher, novelist and journalist born in French Algeria, Camus is associated with the philosophy of the absurd, the idea that human beings seek meaning in a universe that offers none. His novel The Stranger, published in 1942, and the essay The Myth of Sisyphus made his name, followed by The Plague, The Fall and the essay The Rebel. During the German occupation he edited the resistance newspaper Combat, and his criticism of Soviet communism ended his friendship with Sartre. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and was killed in a car accident at 46, near Villeblevin.
Before and after
- 1960Construction of Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory
- 1960sThe Troubles
- 1960Founding of International Development Association
- 4 January 1960Founding of European Free Trade Association
- 4 January 1960Death of Albert Camus
- 23 January 1960Piccard and Walsh reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep
- 23 February 1960Birth of Naruhito
- 21 March 1960Birth of Ayrton Senna
- 21 March 1960Sharpeville massacre
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