Albert Camus was born in Mondovi[?], Algeria to French Algerian
(pied noir[?]) settler family. His mother was of Spanish
extraction. His father Lucien died in the Battle of Marne in
1914 during the First World War. Camus lived in poor conditions
during his childhood in Belcourt[?] section of Algiers. In 1923
Camus was accepted into lycee[?] and eventually to University of
Algiers[?]. However, he contracted tuberculosis in 1930, which
put an end to his soccer activities and forced him to make his
studies a part-time pursuit. He worked in odd jobs like private
tutor, car parts clerk and working for the Meteorological
Institute. Still, he graduated in philosophy from the university
in 1936. Camus joined the French Communist Party[?] in 1934,
apparently because of the Spanish Civil War but he did not
particularly support Marxist-Leninist doctrine. In 1936
independence-minded Algerian Communist Party (PCA) was founded.
Camus joined activities of Le Parti du Peuple Algérien[?], got
into trouble with his communist p