Ephrem madebo biography of albert camus

But Camus himself never wanted to be labelled. Instead he is said to have wanted to be remembered as a thinker in his own right, rather than a follower of any kind of ideology. Born in Algeria, Camus grew up in very poor circumstances.

Camus,* * reverend sire, went footing slow.

He was eventually accepted into school and even the University of Algiers. He studied part time and worked odd jobs, and eventually in , joined the French Communist Party. From there he went on to be associated with the French anarchist movement, and to write for anarchist publications. During this time, he was one of the few French editors to openly express opposition towards the use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

It was in the years after this, around , that Camus met and became friends with Jean-Paul Sartre. It was in this work that he made absolutely clear that he rejected communism. Depressed by how badly his work had been received, Camus started translating plays instead. But he was to accomplish great philosophical works again.

His first major contribution to philosophy was the idea of the absurd. He explained the absurd as the result of our desire for clarity and meaning within a world and conditions that offers neither. Camus during this time also continued to maintain pacifism and resistance to capital punishment all around the world. Camus died in a car crash in