Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was born in 1913 in Dréan, Algeria and died in 1960 in Villeblevin, France. Camus was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, making him the second-youngest recipient in history. His most well-known works include the novels The Stranger and The Plague, as well as the philosophical essays The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel.