The First Man offers an incredibly moving account of Camus' poverty-stricken childhood in Algeria, the love of his silent mother, and the remarkable figure of an old schoolteacher who saved him from ignorance. Camus was working on a manuscript version of the book when he was killed in a car acident with his publisher Michel Gallimard. The First Man was first published in 1995 to international acclaim.
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Albert Camus, Premio Nobel de Literatura, fallece trágicamente en 1960, con cuarenta y seis años. Deja una obra considerable e inacabada de una belleza y una fuerza excepcionales. Escritor, periodista, pensador, y autor y director teatral, este defensor infatigable de la libertad, lleno de vitalidad, fue un artista al servicio de la dignidad humana. Su lucha sin descanso contra la opresión denuncia una y otra vez la desmesura y es un fiel reflejo de nuestra época. Catherine Camus es su hija.