News about Albert Camus, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Kierkegaard and Camus each pointed to some fundamental conditions of our existence. Life is about creating meaning. When one lives passionately, one can die without rebellion.

So, for us to take the political class seriously, let them stop the pretense and start a genuine conversation around policing ...

Durkheim asserted that suicide is a social phenomenon and that an individual’s suicide is inextricably linked to their connection with society — views that are thought-provoking to this day. Suicide ...

Things in Nature Merely Grow’ is an essay as much as it is a memoir. An essay on what death can mean, and does mean, and ...

Wars sometimes make illusions. In rumbles and pillages, once a bullet flies, there are no innocent parties. And that was the ...

Dean Kalimniou reviews Stolen Violets by Maria A. Kampyli—a poetic reflection on memory, loss, solitude, and survival written ...

If an abyss is where I shall be for the rest of my life’, writes Yiyun Li, ‘the abyss is my habitat.’ Her book is a major contribution to literature on mourning.

105 'You Are Stronger Than You Think' Quotes To Inspire You originally appeared on Parade.

Gary Larson’s The Far Side may be best known for its humor, but sometimes, instead of leaving us laughing, Larson left us in ...

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. This week, we take stock of the winners and losers in the Middle East, examine India’s chastening defeat in the first Test of the ...

Both saw life as absurd. Camus chose struggle. Cossery chose leisure. One pushed the boulder up; the other watched it roll by ...