When the Noble Prize-winning French author, journalist and philosopher Albert Camus died in 1960 at the age of 46, his literary works which incorporated ideas of Existentialism and absurdism were still studied and interpreted by scholars and colleagues. Existentialism was one of two philosophies that Camus believed in and used in his works; Existentialism is a philosophical movement that emphasizes the importance of individual experience and personal responsibility. The individual is seen as a free part of a deterministic and meaningless universe. The second philosophy used and believed in by Camus was absurdism; a philosophy based on the idea that life and work have no meaning and that the search for order causes inner and outer chaos. Camus had a dual culture since he was born in Algeria and lived most of his life in France, his cultural duality is also expressed in his works. The works of 1920s Algerian writer Albert Camus were deeply influenced by his experiences in French colonial Algeria, his philosophical ideas and his discoveries of existentialism, as well as current events of his time such as the war , independence and violence. Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria. He was the second son of Lucien and Catherine Camus. Camus suffered from tuberculosis and was sent to live with his uncle and aunt. It was there that his uncle, Gustave, was able to educate him and give impetus to his nephew's curiosity. As his writing career grew, Camus moved to France in 1938. There, in 1942, at the age of 29, Camus wrote his famous book, The Stranger. The connections between the protagonist, Meursault, and Camus can be seen because of similar small details between the main characters and the authors' lives. When Camus was one year old, his father died in the bat...... middle of paper .. .... in the evening, leaving the office, they meet again, at an hour which never varies, in cafes, stroll along the same boulevard, or get some fresh air on their balconies. The passions of young people are violent and short-lived; the vices of older men rarely extend beyond an addiction to bowling, banquets and "social evenings", or clubs where large sums change hands with the fall of a card (Camus, The Plague) . »He shows here an example of existentialism as he did it in The Stranger. In both novels, the main characters are consumed by repetitive and redundant lives; but this novel, The Plague, also perhaps shows a reason why Camus denies existentialism. is good or at least has the potential to be good. This is seen in characters who choose to fight illness and do not give in to the absurdity of a meaningless universe..