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Added info about Camus' association with Sartre
While a pacifist during the outbreak of World War II, once France was overrun by the Nazis, Camus joined the French Resistance, adopting the alias "Beauchard." He wrote for the underground newspaper ''Combat'', and reported on the liberation of Paris in 1945.
While a pacifist during the outbreak of World War II, once France was overrun by the Nazis, Camus joined the French Resistance, adopting the alias "Beauchard." He wrote for the underground newspaper ''Combat'', and reported on the liberation of Paris in 1945.
After the war, Camus became associated with fellow French philosopher [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], and adopted some existentialist themes into his work. However, the two eventually had a falling out, mostly because of Camus' criticisms of Communism, of which Sartre was a supporter. Due to this split, Camus refused to identify himself as an "existentialist," instead referring to himself as a thinker, rather than a member of any particular school. Despite this claim, Camus' literary works have strong elements of existentialist thought.
Camus died in a car accident on January 4, 1960.
Camus died in a car accident on January 4, 1960.