2023-10-17 Tue

On This Day in 1957, Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.”

Published in 1942, 'The Stranger' deals with the existentialist philosophy of human consciousness and the absurdity of life.

Country of Issue: France

Date of Issue: 24th June 1967