Justin O'Brien (November 26, 1906 – December 7, 1968) was an American biographer, translator of André Gide and Albert Camus and professor of French at Columbia University.
[1][2] Justin McCortney O'Brien was born on November 26, 1906, in Chicago, Illinois, to Quin O'Brien and Ellen, née McCortney.
He was also a reviewer, and a professor of French at Columbia University.
[4] He was an enthusiast of Proust, Camus and Gide, and was able to transmit his enthusiasm to Americans, contributing to make these and other French authors known in the United States.
[5] Among the works of Camus translated by O'Brien are Caligula,[6] The Fall,[7] as well as The Myth of Sisyphus and other essays[8] and Exile and the Kingdom.