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Albert Cossery

1913 - 2008

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Cossery is the 3,594th most popular writer (down from 2,330th in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 345th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among writers, Albert Cossery ranks 3,594 out of 7,302. Before her are Giovanni Pontano, Edward William Lane, Takeo Arishima, Mikha'il Na'ima, Henry Becque, and James Russell Lowell. After her are Chögyam Trungpa, Concepción Arenal, Elia Levita, Gabriela Zapolska, Vladimir Megre, and Demyan Bedny.

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Among people born in 1913, Albert Cossery ranks 182. Before her are Yakov Zak, Salvador Espriu, Julius Döpfner, Ćamil Sijarić, Anni Steuer, and František Čáp. After her are Rudolf Noack, Teodoro Fernández, Kazimierz Sabbat, Ċensu Tabone, Jean Nicolas, and René Llense. Among people deceased in 2008, Albert Cossery ranks 179. Before her are František Čapek, Dan Shomron, Bill Melendez, Choi Jin-sil, Yuri Rytkheu, and Anton Allemann. After her are Arthur Chung, Peter Poreku Dery, Boris Yefimov, David Foster Wallace, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, and Antonio Innocenti.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Albert Cossery ranks 427 out of 642. Before her are Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413), Pope Theonas of Alexandria (300), Hind Rostom (1929), Pope John I of Alexandria (450), Guy Béart (1930), and Aisha Taymur (1840). After her are Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Zainab al Ghazali (1917), Mostafa El-Nahas (1879), Alaa Al Aswany (1957), Sobekemsaf I (-1650), and Lajin (1300).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Albert Cossery ranks 39. Before her are Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Farag Foda (1946), Apion (-30), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), C. S. Forester (1899), and Aisha Taymur (1840). After her are Alaa Al Aswany (1957), André Aciman (1951), Georges Schehadé (1905), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Bat Ye'or (1933), and Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888).

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