Albert Camus received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, making them laureate number 52 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are one of 16 laureates from France.
Our pick for reading Albert Camus for the first time is L'Étranger. It is one of the most widely read Nobel books in the world and an easy way in.
The Stranger is the story of Meursault, a man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral and, days later, kills a stranger on a beach in Algiers. It is short, reads in one sitting and raises questions about the meaning of life that still unsettle readers today. It is one of the most widely taught books in schools and universities.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.