Albert Cohen

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Albert Cohen (August 16, 1895 - October 17, 1981) was a Greek-born Jewish Swiss novelist who wrote in French.

He was born in Corfu, Greece and worked as a civil servant for various international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization. He took the Swiss nationality in 1919. He died in Geneva, Switzerland.

His masterpiece, Belle du Seigneur, is a novel about Solal, a handsome and successful civil servant of the League of Nations, engaged in a passionate, cruel and yet realistic love affair with Ariane d'Auble.

More extensive biography in French wikipedia here (French only)

[edit] Novels

  • Paroles juives - (1921)
  • Solal - (1930)
  • Mangeclous - (1938)
  • Le livre de ma mère - (1954)
  • Belle du Seigneur - (1968)
  • Les valeureux - (1970)
  • Ô vous, frères humains - (1972)

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