| − | '''Albert Camus''' (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960) was an influential [[French]] [[philosopher]], author, and journalist who is chiefly known for his work on [[existentialism]]. Some of his most famous works include ''The Stranger, The Plague, The Rebel,'' and ''The Myth of Sisyphus''. He won the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature in 1957. In Camus' [[atheistic]] view, human beings lack any purpose, and merely exist in a cold and hostile universe. | + | '''Albert Camus''' (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960) was an influential [[French]] [[philosopher]], author, and journalist who is chiefly known for his work on [[existentialism]]. Some of his most famous works include ''The Stranger, The Plague, The Rebel,'' and ''The Myth of Sisyphus''. He won the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature in 1957. In Camus' [[atheistic]] view, human beings lack any purpose, and merely exist in a cold and hostile universe. But Camus was strongly anti-communist.<ref>https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/camus/#AgaCom</ref> |