Albert Cohen: Quick Facts

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Born	August 16, 1895 • Corfu • Greece
Died	October 17, 1981 (aged 86) • Geneva • Switzerland
Notable Works	theatrical production

Alexandre Dumas.

Alexandre Dumas, père

French author [1802–1870]

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François Le Métel, seigneur de Boisrobert

French dramatist

Catulle Mendès.

Catulle Mendès

French author

Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin

Jean-François Marmontel

French author

portrait of Germaine de Staël

Germaine de Staël

French-Swiss author

Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

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Robert Guy Choquette

Canadian writer

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Maurice Druon

French author

Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French writer

Dimitry Levitzky: portrait of Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

French philosopher

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

French author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

French author

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

French author

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

French author and diplomat

Jean Cocteau, 1939.

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Colette

Colette

French writer

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan French author