Birth of Albert Camus
Albert Camus is born at Mondovi in French Algeria.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Albert Camus Biography and Timeline
Follow Albert Camus through 9 dated historical records for France.
Albert Camus, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1913–1960Years on this page
1913
1942
The Myth of Sisyphus
Camus publishes The Myth of Sisyphus, developing his philosophy of the absurd.
The Stranger
Camus publishes The Stranger, a novel centred on alienation, judgment and absurdity.
1947
The Plague
Camus publishes The Plague, portraying solidarity and moral resistance during an epidemic.
1951
The Rebel
Camus publishes The Rebel, examining revolt, revolution and the limits of political violence.
1956
The Fall
Camus publishes The Fall, a philosophical novel structured as a confessional monologue.
Publication of The Fall
Albert Camus published The Fall, a novel structured as a confession by a former Parisian lawyer. Its narrator raises unsettling questions about judgement, guilt, and self-deception.
1957
Nobel Prize in Literature
Camus receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for illuminating problems of the human conscience.
1960
Death of Albert Camus
Albert Camus dies in a motor accident near Villeblevin, aged forty-six.
Records, sources and methodology
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