The Modern Novel

Biography

Albert Cossery was born in 1913 in Cairo. His father was Greek Orthodox, originally from ‘al-Qusayr in Syria. He simplified the name when he came to Cairo. He was brought up to speak French, attending French schools. He became a writer early, associating with Egyptian surrealists, before moving to France where he lived all his life in the Hôtel La Louisiane, in St. Germain-des-Prés, where other writers as well as musicians and artists stayed. Though he lived much of his adult life in Paris, his novels are set in Egypt. Though some of his early works were translated into English, it is only in the early 2000s that more of his work became available in English. He died in 2008.

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Albert Cossery
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Albert Cossery: On the Revolutionary Use of Mockery
Albert Cossery
 Extreme Indolence: On the Fiction of Albert Cossery
Obituary
Obituary
Obituary
Albert Cossery (in French)
Albert Cossery (in French)
Interview (in French)
Interview (in French)
Albert Cossery, l’hôte de la chambre 58 (in French)
Les 8 romans d’Albert Cossery (in French)
Obituary (in French)
Obituary (in French)
Obituary (in French)