Camus

American  

[ka-my, ka-moo] / kaˈmü, kæˈmu /

noun

1. Albert 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.

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Camus British  

/ kamy /

noun

1. Albert (albɛr). 1913–60, French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, noted for his pessimistic portrayal of man's condition of isolation in an absurd world: author of the novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1947), the plays Le Malentendu (1945) and Caligula (1946), and the essays Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942) and L'Homme révolté (1951): Nobel prize for literature 1957.

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Example Sentences

The existential philosophy of Camus and Sartre, self-evident truths for these absurdist writers, is conveyed less through the content than through the style of their plays.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It’s the same sun beating down on us all, Albert Camus memorably conveyed in his oft-debated 1942 novel “The Stranger,” it’s just the individual temperatures that vary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

For those who don’t necessarily care about Camus but seek an introductory look at how Existentialism came to be one of the 20th century’s trendiest outlooks, “The Stranger” is equally commendable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

These are aspiring writers with Albert Camus and George Orwell and Janet Malcolm on their bookshelves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

I had not read Sartre nor Camus, and if I walked past Cafe de Flore or Les Deux Magots I did not, then, take any particular note.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates