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was born in Mondovi, Algeria, on November 7, 1913, and died instantaneously in a car crash in route to Paris on January4, 1960. In the interval he studied philosophies at the University of Algiers, went to Frances where he severed in the Resi ....

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... a Mediterranean background. Many studies about Camus mention the “Alegiers summer,” on reference to the early portion of his life spent in Africa. On one occasion, when asked what were some of his favorite words, he mentioned the word “summer,” referring to the intense heat and sun of the Mediterranean an Algiers. His background was working class, with an illiterate mother of Spanish origin and a father of Alsatian descent who was a day laborer. His mother, left a widow with two small sons when her husband died during the Battle of the Marne, did cleaning in order to her-self and the children. Camus and his brother were left in the care ...