Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
Dates
- Existence: 1913-11-07 - 1960-01-04
Biography
Albert Camus (1913-1960), French philosopher, author, and journalist
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Nicola Chiaromonte papers
Eleanor Clark papers
The Eleanor Clark Papers consists of writings, correspondence, and other materials documenting the life and work of the writer Eleanor Clark.
Introduction to Maximes et Anecdotes by Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, [ca. 1944]
Typescript, carbon, corrected.
Max Lerner papers
"L'Espoir et l'absurde dans l'oeuvre de Franz Kafka", n.d.
Typescript draft of essay first published in 1943, corrected, annotated, and signed. With pencil annotations in unidentified hand, possibly in hand of Marc Barbezat.
Letter : from an unidentified correspondent, 1944 December 13
Manuscript draft of an open letter, corrected, responding to an editorial by Albert Camus in the Combat newspaper issue of 1944 December 13 on French banking and industrial production during World War II.
In French.
Letter : Paris, to William J. Foltz, 252 Fairview Avenue, [R]utherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1956 Jun 26
TLS, with envelope, replying to questions about his political affiliations and his texts "La Chute" and "L'Esprit confus."
In French.
Manuscript on the death penalty, n.d.
Holograph manuscript, corrected, on the death penalty. Accompanied by typescript copy, also corrected.
In French.
Albert Memmi papers
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, project files, teaching materials, journals, photographs, printed material, personal papers, and audiovisual and computer media documenting the life and career of French-Tunisian author, critic, and philosopher Albert Memmi.
"Peut-être", 1952
Four successive drafts, holograph, corrected, of concluding section of the essay "Retour à Tipasa," first published in L'Été (Gallimard, 1954). Inscribed: "pour vous, chère Nathalie, ces brouillons d'une rêverie de votre vieil ami."
Henri Peyre letters
Consists of letters to Peyre chiefly from French authors, plus one letter from Peyre to Donald Wing enclosing a typescript of Paul Claudel's "Partage de midi," which Peyre had made from the play at the Bibliotheque Nationale.