Albert cossery biography

Egyptian-born French writer

Albert Cossery
Taken by the painter, Pedro Uhart at the Hôtel La Louisiane Paris
Born	(1913-11-03)3 November 1913 Cairo, Egypt
Died	22 June 2008(2008-06-22) (aged 94) Paris, France
Occupation	Writer
Language	French

Albert Cossery (3 November 1913 – 22 June 2008) was an Egyptian-born French writer.^[1] 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".

Albert Cossery (3 November – 22 June ) was an Egyptian-born French writer.

Albert Cossery (3 November – 22 June ) was an Egyptian-born French writer.

Albert Cossery was an Egyptian-born French writer.

Biography.

Albert Cossery was born in Cairo in , the son of middle-class parents.

Albert Cossery (–) was a Cairo-born French writer of Lebanese and Greek Orthodox Syrian descent who settled in Paris at the end of the Second World.

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.

Life

Albert Cossery (Arabic: البرت قصيري) was