Albert Caraco
Albert Caraco | |
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| Born | 8 July 1919 |
| Died | 7 September 1971 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | French, Uruguayan |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy, Philosophical pessimism, existentialism |
| Main interests | Nihilism, ethics, politics, art, aesthetics, religion, literature |
Albert Caraco (8 July 1919 – 7 September 1971) was a French-Uruguayan philosopher, writer, essayist and poet of Turkish Jewish descent. He is known for his two major works, Post Mortem (1968) and posthumously published Bréviaire du chaos (1982). He is often compared to the philosophers and writers such as Emil Cioran, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Nicolás Gómez Dávila and Friedrich Nietzsche.