''Notebooks 1951–1959'' is the third volume of

Albert Camus Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His work ...

' notes. Two more volumes of Camus' notes were also published ('' Notebooks 1935–1942'' and '' Notebooks 1942–1951''). This book shed light on Camus' thought related to his continual rivalry with

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...

and a large part of the left, after his book '' The Rebel'' (L’Homme révolté) was published. Camus' despair is evident: "I await with patience a catastrophe that is slow in coming". His thoughts on Nobel prize are also depicted: "Nobel. Strange feeling of overwhelming pressure and melancholy. At 20 years old, poor and naked, I knew true glory. My mother."Orme, Mark Philip (2010
Review: Notebooks 1951-1959
H-France Review, 10. pp. 387–390. ISSN 1553-9172

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