Camus’ Life

 

1913

Born November 7 in Mondovi, Algeria.

1914

Father killed in Battle of Marne, World War I

1930

Studies philosophy, participates in sports at University of Algiers
Serious attack of tuberculosis prevent his teaching career.

1934

Brief marriage to Simone Hie ends in divorce one year later.

1935-1939

Works as actor, director, and playwright theater in Algiers

1940

Second marriage to Francine Faure.

1942

Leaves Algeria for Paris. Works as editor of Combat, a resistance newspaper.

1942-1945

Suffers recurrent bouts of tuberculosis.

1945

Birth of twins, Catherine and Jean.

1949-1951

Suffers recurrent bouts of tuberculosis. Controversy with Sartre

1960

Killed in automobile accident January 4.


Camus’ Major Works

1936 Works on La Morte heureuse (A Happy Death), published posthumously 1971. A novel.

1942 L’Etranger (The Stranger) A novel.

1943 Le Mythe de Sisyphe (The Myth of Sisyphus) Essays.

1947 La Peste (The Plague) A novel.

1951 L’Homme révolté (The Rebel) Essays.

1956 La Chute (The Fall) A novel.

1957 L’Exil et le royaume (Exile and the Kingdom) Short Stories.

1959 Works on Le Premier homme (The First Man), published posthumously 1994. A novel.