Albert Camus killed by the KGB for criticising the Soviet Union, claims Italian newspaper

Albert Camus was the French winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. He was famed for contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as  absurdiam. He wrote in his essay “The Rebel” that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. His best known works are “The Stranger”,”The Fall” (from where the band take their name), and The Plague. In 1957 he died in a car crash. Some recent work suggests that he was a surprising victim of the KGB. Read the Observer article below, and see what you think.

 Observer article

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2 Responses to Albert Camus killed by the KGB for criticising the Soviet Union, claims Italian newspaper

  1. harryc says:

    interesting to see how far the Russian leaders would go to silence non supporters of their regime, even huge literary figures if the claims in this article are true

  2. Michael Powell says:

    This would be a good example of how the communist party and Stalin were keen for communism to be seen in a good light so they could spread it around the world into a worldwide revolution. Camus was clearly oppposed to communism and was something of a national treasure in France (a major western power), this would have made it difficult for a small group of communists to gather up support. However, this still looks like it was more of an accident than an assasination by the KGB as there is little evidence from the historians to prove that they were responsible for Camus’ death.
    xxx

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