Albert Caraco (8 July 1919 – 7 September 1971) was a French-Uruguayan philosopher, writer, essayist and poet of Turkish Jewish descent.

He is often compared to the philosophers and writers such as Emil Cioran, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Nicolás Gómez Dávila and Friedrich Nietzsche.

He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly and graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1939.

[1] At the same year, Caraco and his family fled to South America due to Nazi threat and approaching World War II.

[4] An article regarding Caraco's works and life, written by Louis Nucéra, was published on 4 May 1984 in Le Monde.