Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913 to a family that couldn't afford books. His mother was illiterate. A teacher named Louis Germain noticed him, gave him extra lessons, and helped him win a scholarship. Camus acknowledged Germain in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in 1957. Three years later Camus died in a car accident on a French country road at 46. Unused train tickets were found in his pocket. He'd changed his plans at the last minute.
November 7, 1913
113 years ago
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