Biography
Albert Cossery (3 November 1913 – 22 June 2008) was an Egyptian-born French writer. Although Cossery lived most of his life in Paris and only wrote in the French language, all of his novels were either set in his country of birth, Egypt, or in an imaginary Middle Eastern country. He was nicknamed "The Voltaire of the Nile". His writings pay tribute to the humble and to the misfits of his childhood in Cairo, as well as praise a form of laziness and simplicity very distant from our contemporary society.
Albert Cossery was well known in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where he lived in the same hotel, Hotel La Louisiane, since 1945.
Filmography
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Hôtel La Louisiane (2015)
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Violence and Sarcasm (2003)
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Beggars and Noblemen (1991)
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La maison de la mémoire (1983)
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The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978)
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Black Thursday (1974)
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Beggars and Proud Ones (1972)
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The Marriage Came Tumbling Down (1968)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1913-11-03
Deathday2008-06-22 (94 years old)
Birth NameAlbert Cossery
Birth PlaceCairo, Egypt
RelationshipsMonique Chaumette (1945-01-01 - 1961-01-01)
CitizenshipsFrance, Egypt
AwardsGrand prix de la francophonie
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