Albert Camus's Birth Card: The King of Clubs

In the record

Albert Camus ( kam-OO; French: [albɛʁ kamy] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, writer, and political activist. The birth-card coordinate for November 7 is the King of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1957 Literature prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1957 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

The King of Clubs coordinate

Albert Camus's birthday maps to the King of Clubs (The Master Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Albert Camus. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You make the intellectual call in the open and you can revise it.

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Albert Camus in the public record

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. Camus was born in French Algeria to pied-noir parents. He spent his childhood in a poor neighbourhood and later studied philosophy at the University of Algiers. He was in Paris when the Germans invaded France during World War II in 1940. Camus tried to flee but finally joined the French Resistance where he served as editor-in-chief at Combat, an outlawed newspaper. After the war, he was a celebrity figure and gave many lectures around the world. He married twice but had many extramarital affairs.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Albert Camus (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the King of Clubs

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Clear thinking and decisive action

Albert Camus ( kam-OO; French: [albɛʁ kamy] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, writer, and political activist.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: writer.

Also on the record

1. Camus was politically active; he was part of the left that opposed Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union because of their totalitarianism.
2. Camus was a moralist and leaned towards anarcho-syndicalism.
3. He was part of many organisations seeking European integration.
4. During the Algerian War (1954–1962), he kept a neutral stance, advocating a multicultural and pluralistic Algeria, a position that was rejected by most parties.

Other laureates with this card

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• Bertram N. Brockhouse — 1994 Physics
• Bruce Merrifield — 1984 Chemistry
• Carl Cori — 1947 Physiology or Medicine
• Cecil Powell — 1950 Physics
• Daniel Bovet — 1957 Physiology or Medicine
• Emil Fischer — 1902 Chemistry
• Eric Kandel — 2000 Physiology or Medicine
• François Jacob — 1965 Physiology or Medicine
• Frederick Sanger — 1958 Chemistry; 1980 Chemistry
• Fredrik Bajer — 1908 Peace
• 28 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Albert Camus's birth card?

The King of Clubs. November 7 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.

Where do Albert Camus's dates come from?

Birth date 1913-11-07 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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