This spring marks the 70th anniversary of Camus’s one and only trip to the United States. From March to May 1946, he delivered lectures at universities, spoke of the French resistance to Nazi occupation, and acted as a critical observer of American society. Outside of intellectual and literary circles, the young author was scarcely known when he arrived. But he would be. During the course of his visit, his novel The Stranger was published in English for the first time.
With: Alice Kaplan (John M. Musser Professor of French, and Chair of the French Department, Yale University), Alban Cerisier (Secretary-General at Editions Gallimard, Camus’ French publisher) and Morris Dickstein (Distinguished Professor of English, CUNY, Graduate Center).
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