Text and Meaning in Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus (part 1 of 4) - National African-American Art | Examiner.com
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Author Albert Camus (photography by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)
"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” ––Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus may have died tragically when the car in which he was a passenger crashed on January 4, 1960, but the novels, plays, essays, articles and notebooks he left behind continue to help lend clarity to individual and collective conflicts within the world in 2013. November 7 marks the 100th anniversary of the author’s birth and even though his works are already taught in high schools and universities around the world, the occasion of his centennial has prompted numerous events that have been taking place throughout the year.
On November 7 and 8, the Albert Camus Society will host a Centennial Conference from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on both days at the Swedenborg Society Building in London. Tickets to the event, which will feature presentations on Camus by scholars from the United Kingdom, America, and Europe, are sold out according the Society’s website.
France began its observations as early as February with a variety of tributes. Similarly, events such as symposiums in Budapest, a week-long festival in Athens, Greece, and numerous literary conferences and readings have been held at colleges and universities in the United States. Camus also held the distinction of appearing on the front cover of the September/October 2013 issue of Philosophy Now, A Magazine of Ideas.
Only in His Homeland
By the same token, although Camus’ literary prominence was certified with a Nobel Prize in literature in 1957, he cannot be described as one of the more celebrated authors in his birthplace of Algeria. According to Joshua Hammer (as well as to any evidence to the contrary) writing in the Smithsonian Magazine’s September issue:
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