Key facts
- Born
- Abraham Albert Cohen , August 16, 1895, Corfu , Kingdom of Greece
- Died
- October 17, 1981 (1981-10-17) (aged 86), Geneva , Switzerland
- Occupation
- Novelist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abraham
- Family name
- Cohen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Corfu
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Educated at
- University of Geneva
- Languages spoken
- French
- Official website
- www.albertcohen.gr
- Image
- AlbertCohen-Lycée Thiers Marseille 1909.jpg
- Work location
- Geneva
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- Commons category
- Albert Cohen (writer)
- date of birth
- 1895-08-16
- date of death
- 1981-10-17
- name in native language
- Albert Cohen
- birth name
- Abraham Albert Cohen
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- writing language
- French
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- ethnic group
- Swiss
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Geneva
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Encyclopedic overview
Abraham Albert Cohen (August 16, 1895 – October 17, 1981) was a Greek-born Romaniote Jewish Swiss novelist who wrote in French. He worked as a civil servant for various international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization. He became a Swiss citizen in 1919.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albert Cohen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.