Lourmarin france albert camus biography

In 2021, the Région Sud celebrates Albert Camus. He deeply marked the thinking of the 20th century as an independent, committed writer and philosopher who was a fervent opposer of ideologies and all forms of radicalism.

Albert Camus found his haven of peace and much of his inspiration in the sunny village of Lourmarin in the Luberon where he lived and was buried.

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An Algerian atmosphere

Albert Camus was born in 1913 in Algeria where he developed his thinking and made a name for himself in journalistic and literary circles.

Lourmarin france albert camus biography

In the 1940s, he settled in Paris, where his political commitment was to grow in strength. He denounced the use of the atomic bomb, the colonial system and also the caricature of the “ pied noir exploiter“.

On the subject of Algeria, he said: “I have loved with a passion this land where I was born, I have drawn from it all that I am and have sep