 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
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| Albert Camus | |
 "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times." | |
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| Location | Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Academy |
| First awarded | 1901 |
| Website | Official website |
The 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the French writer Albert Camus (1913–1960) "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times."[1] He is the ninth French author to become a recipient of the prize after Catholic novelist François Mauriac in 1952, and the fourth philosopher after British analytic philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1950.
Aged 44 when he received the prize, Camus is the second youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after only Rudyard Kipling (41).[2]
- ^ "Nobel Prize in Literature 1957". nobelprize.org.
- ^ "Camus and his women". The Guardian. 15 October 1997.