Trivia

Albert Camus had intense Motorphobia (fear of automobiles), and thus avoided riding in cars as much as possible. He, instead, took trains everywhere, as much as possible. Interestingly enough, he died in a car accident, with return train ticket in his coat pocket, after a friend persuaded him to ride in his car.

1957: Prix Nobel de Litterature.

His play, Caligula, was adapted into a new translation by David Greig and was performed at the Donmar Warehouse and was nominated for the 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Revival of 2003.

References to Camus appear in the Hollywood Mouth trilogy of films directed by Jordan Mohr, who has played Simone de Beauvoir (one of Camus's fellow "existentialists").

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 131, pages 52-60. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.