The Mediterranean city of Oran was the setting for a famous fictional outbreak of bubonic plague in Algeria under French colonial rule. The BBC's Lucy Ash finds parallels between Albert Camus ...

written in 1947 by French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus. Japanese booksellers struggled to keep The Plague on shelves as demand grew in the early days of the pandemic. The novel depicts ...

Albert Camus was a French Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 in 1957, the second-youngest recipient in history. Camus was born in ...

Literary cannibalism refers to the retellings of Western classics written by colonised or formerly colonised countries. These ...

South Korean novelist Han Kang, at 53, wins the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming one of the youngest laureates.

The largest African country and the third-largest Arab economy, Algeria moved back to the upper-middle income category under the World Bank’s country income classification in July 2024. Over the past ...

This is how Albert Camus is told, 60 years after his disappearance, by Philippe Torreton in the film by Georges-Marc Benamou. At ground level, in order to see him revive, move, love and fight." ...

French writer Albert Camus poses for a portrait in Paris following the announcement of his being ... [+] awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Famous quote: “In the depths of winter ...

Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4 ... he tore himself away from his condition thanks to his teacher. French from Algeria, he never ceased to fight for equality with the Arabs and ...

Davis, Muriam Haleh 2011. ‘A new world rising’: Albert Camus and the absurdity of neo-liberalism. Social Identities, Vol. 17, Issue. 2, p. 225.