It is a century since French Nobel prize-winning author Albert Camus was born – and more than 50 years since he died in an accident on an icy road – yet the polemics over his legacy and "mysterious" ...

Given the Panthéon’s function as the final repose for France’s greatest heroes, it’s perhaps not surprising that efforts are now afoot to relocate the ashes of writer and philosopher Albert Camus to a ...

Director François Ozon, better known for lighter soufflés, takes on a demanding piece of literature and serves it well, with ...

Albert Camus, who would be 100 years old Thursday, is ageless. The French Algerian’s life and work reflect the long tragedy of the 20th century, marked by disquiet, genocide and violence, but his ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French philosopher and novelist, have been collected in a single volume for the first time.

MY LIBERTY is absolute,” said the nihilist to the Englishman. “There is nothing which prevents me from punching you in the nose if I wish to.” “Oh, yes, there is,” replied the Englishman, “Your ...

François Ozon’s ‘icily compelling’ film has a ‘subtle revisionist slant’ ...

NEW YORK — One thing the French know how to do is celebrate their independence. In the world of cognac producers, to be an internationally known brand and still be independent after well over a ...

Read The New Yorker’s complete news coverage and analysis of the coronavirus pandemic. The novel’s hero and narrator, Bernard Rieux, a physician, takes quiet moral action amid his city’s devastation, ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French philosopher and novelist, have been collected in a single volume for the first time.