Die Geschichte eines jungen Franzosen in Algerien, den ein lächerlicher Zufall zum Mörder macht, wurde 1942 im besetzten Frankreich zu einer literarischen Sensation. Der Roman bedeutete den schriftstellerischen Durchbruch für Albert Camus und gilt heute als einer der Haupttexte des Existentialismus.
About the Author
On November 7, 1913, Albert Camus was born in Mondovi / Algeria, the son of an Alsatian farm laborer and a Spaniard. In 1932 he began to study philosophy in Algiers. He repeatedly suffered tuberculosis attacks. After theatrical tours with the troupe of Radio-Alger and the exclusion from the state examination - for health reasons - he founded in 1937 the "Théâtre de l'Equipe". As a jornalist, he denounced the colonial injustices in Algeria. In 1939 he volunteered for military service, but was rejected for health reasons. In 1940, he was expelled from Algeria and went to Paris as a reporter for the Paris-Soir newspaper. In the same year he returned to Algeria, but moved back to France in 1942, where he joined the resistance group. " Here he was co-founder of the illegal newspaper "Combat". In 1947 he left the now legal newspaper, as the sheet changed hands and the political line. In 1957 he became director of the Gallimard publishing house in Paris and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his "significant literary creation, which illuminates with clear-sightedness the problems of the human conscience of our time". The writer, playwright and journalist died on 4 January 1960 in a car accident near La Chapelle Champigny in France. Here he was co-founder of the illegal newspaper "Combat". In 1947 he left the now legal newspaper, as the sheet changed hands and the political line. In 1957 he became director of the Gallimard publishing house in Paris and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his "significant literary creation, which illuminates with clear-sightedness the problems of the human conscience of our time". The writer, playwright and journalist died on 4 January 1960 in a car accident near La Chapelle Champigny in France.