Title: Correspondence, 1932-1960 /
Authors: Camus, Albert, 1913-1960; Grenier, Jean, 1898-1971.; Dobrenn, Marguerite.; Rigaud, Jan F., 1941-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Camus, Albert, Correspondence.; Grenier, Jean, Correspondence.; Authors, French Correspondence; Authors, Algerian Correspondence.
Abstract: "As a philosophy teacher, mentor, and friend, Jean Grenier (1898-1971) had an enormous influence on the young Albert Camus (1913-1960), who, in fact, acknowledged that Grenier's Les Iles had touched the very core of his sensibility and provided him with both a "terrain for reflection, and a format" that he would later use for his own essays. Their correspondence, beginning when the seventeen-year-old Camus was Grenier's student at the Grand Lycee of Algiers, documents the young man's struggle to become a writer and find his own voice, a period in which he turned frequently to his mentor for advice, comfort, and direction. The letters cover a period of almost thirty years, from 1932 to Camus's untimely death in 1960.