Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Albert Camus across 5 places, from 1913 to 1945.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Albert Camus was documented, and when
7 November 1913exact date
Mondovi, Algeriaattested“Albert Camus was born on 7 November 1913 in a working-class neighbourhood in Mondovi (present-day Dréan), in French Algeria.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
1924year
Algiersattested“Under the influence of his teacher Louis Germain, Camus gained a scholarship in 1924 to continue his studies at a prestigious lyceum (secondary school) near Algiers.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
May 1936month
Asturiasattested“William Faulkner wrote his obituary, saying, "When the door shut for him he had already written on this side of it that which every artist who also carries through life with him that one same foreknowledge and hatred of death is hoping t…”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
1942year
Algeriaattested“Camus began his work on the second cycle while he was in Algeria, in the last months of 1942, just as the Germans were reaching North Africa.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
1945year
Parisattested“After the War, Camus lived in Paris with Faure, who gave birth to twins, Catherine and Jean, in 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
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1933year
University of Algiersmentioned“In 1933, Camus enrolled at the University of Algiers and completed his licence de philosophie (BA) in 1936 after presenting his thesis on Plotinus.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
1940year
Parismentioned“was banned in 1940 and Camus flew to Paris to take a new job at as layout editor.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
3 December 1940exact date
Lyonmentioned“He was laid off from and ended up in Lyon, where he married pianist and mathematician Francine Faure on 3 December 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
1950 to 1951period
Genevamentioned“Along with Albert Einstein, Camus was one of the sponsors of the Peoples' World Convention (PWC), also known as Peoples' World Constituent Assembly (PWCA), which took place between 1950 and 1951 at Palais Electoral in Geneva, Switzerland.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
1957year
Stockholmmentioned“In one often-misquoted incident, Camus confronted an Algerian critic during his 1957 Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Stockholm, rejecting the false equivalence of justice with revolutionary terrorism: "People are now planting bombs in t…”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
January 1959month
Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriaumentioned“The play opened in January 1959 at the Antoine Theatre in Paris and was a critical success.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
January 1959month
Parismentioned“The play opened in January 1959 at the Antoine Theatre in Paris and was a critical success.”source: Wikipedia: Albert Camus
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