Camus

[ ka-my; English ka-moo ]

noun
  1. Al·bert [al-ber], /alˈbɛr/, 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.

Words Nearby Camus

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Camus in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for Camus

Camus

/ (French kamy) /


noun
  1. Albert (albɛr). 1913–60, French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, noted for his pessimistic portrayal of man's condition of isolation in an absurd world: author of the novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1947), the plays Le Malentendu (1945) and Caligula (1946), and the essays Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942) and L'Homme révolté (1951): Nobel prize for literature 1957.

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012