Albert Camus

Albert Camus (/kæˈmuː/ kam-OO, bahasa Prancis: [albɛʁ kamy] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 Januari 1960) adalah seorang filsuf, novelis, penulis, dramawan, jurnalis, federalis dunia, dan aktivis politik Perancis. Dia adalah penerima Hadiah Nobel Sastra tahun 1957 pada usia 44 tahun, penerima termuda kedua dalam sejarah. Karya-karyanya antara lain The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall dan The Rebel. Camus lahir di Aljazair Prancis dari orang tua pied-noir. Dia menghabiskan masa kecilnya di lingkungan miskin dan kemudian belajar filsafat di Universitas Algiers. Dia berada di Paris ketika Jerman menginvasi Perancis selama Perang Dunia II pada tahun 1940. Camus mencoba melarikan diri tetapi akhirnya bergabung dengan Perlawanan Perancis di mana dia menjabat sebagai pemimpin redaksi di Combat, sebuah surat kabar terlarang. Setelah perang, ia menjadi tokoh selebriti dan memberikan banyak ceramah di seluruh dunia. Dia menikah dua kali tetapi memiliki banyak perselingkuhan. Camus aktif secara politik; dia adalah bagian dari sayap kiri yang menentang Joseph Stalin dan Uni Soviet karena totalitarianisme mereka. Camus adalah seorang moralis dan condong ke arah anarko-sindikalisme. Dia adalah bagian dari banyak organisasi yang mengupayakan integrasi Eropa. Selama Perang Aljazair (1954–1962), ia tetap bersikap netral, menganjurkan Aljazair yang multikultural dan pluralistik, sebuah posisi yang ditolak oleh sebagian besar pihak. Secara filosofis, pandangan Camus turut andil dalam bangkitnya filsafat yang dikenal dengan istilah absurdisme. Ada yang menganggap karya Camus menunjukkan dirinya sebagai seorang eksistensialis, meski ia sendiri dengan tegas menolak istilah tersebut sepanjang hidupnya. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Albert Camus, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Albert Camus (/kæˈmuː/ kam-OO,French: [albɛʁ kamy] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel. Camus was born in French Algeria to pied-noir parents. He spent his childhood in a poor neighbourhood and later studied philosophy at the University of Algiers. He was in Paris when the Germans invaded France during World War II in 1940. Camus tried to flee but finally joined the French Resistance where he served as editor-in-chief at Combat, an outlawed newspaper. After the war, he was a celebrity figure and gave many lectures around the world. He married twice but had many extramarital affairs. Camus was politically active; he was part of the left that opposed Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union because of their totalitarianism. Camus was a moralist and leaned towards anarcho-syndicalism. He was part of many organisations seeking European integration. During the Algerian War (1954–1962), he kept a neutral stance, advocating a multicultural and pluralistic Algeria, a position that was rejected by most parties. Philosophically, Camus's views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. Some consider Camus's work to show him to be an existentialist, even though he himself firmly rejected the term throughout his lifetime. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Camus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.