by Albert Camus · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070401215
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«Discours de Suède» is a volume of speeches and essays by Albert Camus, published by Folio in paperback (85 pages, in French).
The book brings together the speeches Albert Camus delivered in Sweden upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature, in which he defends art and the artist's freedom against the demand for commitment to one's time. Camus reflects on silence as a choice and on the impossibility of the artist remaining aloof.
The Folio collection numbers «Discours de Suède» as 2919; the original edition of the texts dates from 1958.
Recommended for readers of essays and French literature interested in Camus's reflection on the artist and his time.
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, writer, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history, and the first laureate in literature born in Africa. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.
