Albert Cohen





Albert Cohen

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born
August 16, 1895 in Corfu, Greece

died
October 17, 1981

gender
male


About this author

Born Abraham Albert Cohen in Corfu, Greece, in 1895, as part of an important Sephardic Jewish community on the island. Albert’s parents, who owned a soap factory, moved to Marseille, France when he was a child. Albert Cohen discusses this period in his novel Le livre de ma mère (The Book of my Mother). He studied at a private Catholic school. In 1904, he started high school at Lycée Thiers, and graduated in 1913.

In 1914, he left Marseille for Geneva, Switzerland and enrolled in Law school. He graduated from Law School in 1917 and enrolled in Literature School in 1917 until 1919. In 1919, He became a Swiss citizen. That same year he married Elisabeth Brocher. In 1921, they gave birth to a daughter, Myriam. In 1924 his wife died of cancer. In...more


Average rating: 4.04 · 648 ratings · 76 reviews · 21 distinct works
Belle Du Seigneur
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions
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Le Livre De Ma Mere
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1954 — 12 editions
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Solal
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 74 ratings3 editions
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Mangeclous
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1983
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Les Valeureux
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1986
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Ô vous, frères humains
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions
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Carnets 1978
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Comeclavos
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Solal
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988
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Los Esforzados
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“Un soir qu'ils étaient couchés l'un près de l'autre, comme elle lui demandait d'inventer un poème qui commencerait par je connais un beau pays, il s'exécuta sur-le-champ. Je connais un beau pays Il est de l'or et d'églantine Tout le monde s'y sourit Ah quelle aventure fine Les tigres y sont poltrons Les agneaux ont fière mine À tous les vieux vagabonds Ariane donne des tartines. Alors, elle lui baisa le la main, et il eut honte de cette admiration.”
Albert Cohen, Belle Du Seigneur

“Place Saint-Germain-des-Près. Devant la sortie de l'église, le jeune homme qui crie son journal. Demandez l'Antijuif! Vient de paraître! Donc c'est un nouveau numéro. Non, défense de l'acheter. Il s'approche, son mouchoir contre son nez, demande l'Antijuif, paye le jeune homme qui lui sourit. Otez le mouchoir, lui parler, le convaincre? Frère, ne comprends tu pas que tu me tortures? Tu es intelligent, ton visage est beau, aimons nous. Demandez l'Antijuif! Il court, traverse, s'engouffre dans une petite rue, brandit la feuille de haine. Demandez l'Antijuif! crie t il dans la rue déserte. Mort aux juifs! crie t il dans une voix folle. Mort à moi! crie t il, le visage illuminé de larmes.”
Albert Cohen

“Du joli, la passion dite amour. Si pas de jalousie, ennui. Si jalousie, enfer bestial. Elle une esclave, et lui une brute. Ignobles romanciers, bande de menteurs qui embellissaient la passion, en donnaient l'envie aux idiotes et aux idiots. Ignobles romanciers, fournisseurs et flagorneurs de la classe possédante. Et les idiotes aimaient ces sales mensonges, ces escroqueries, s'en nourissaient. ”
Albert Cohen

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