Herbert R. Lottman (1927–2014)

I didn’t get through this huge book.

Camus was born and bred in French Algeria and was killed at the age of 47 in a car accident.

Camus’ mother Catherine was unable to read or write. His grandmother, Catherine Sintes, was a “harsh” woman who regularly used a whip on little Albert and his brother, Lucien.

I found it impressive that though his mother was illiterate Albert won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Albert’s father, Lucien Auguste Camus, died in World War I before Albert was one year old.

Albert’s wife, Simone Hié, was addicted to drugs and spent her life “in and out of private hospitals and rest homes”.

Already at a young age in school, it was seen that Albert was extremely gifted.

Camus was afflicted with tuberculosis at an early age.

If there is a fault with this biography, it is that it is filled with, in my view, superfluous details; I did not find it particularly easy to read.

The book includes many interesting photos.… (mer)