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1989 SF1. Discovered 1989 Sept. 26 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
French novelist and essayist Albert Camus (1913–1960), well known for his novels L’Etranger and La Peste, won the 1957 Nobel prize for literature. He defended truth, moderation and justice, adhering to liberal humanism and rejecting the dogmatic aspects of both christianity and marxism. (M 39658)
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(2003). (12696) Camus. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8669
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