Albert Cohen (August 16, 1895 - October 7, 1981) was a Greek-born Jewish Swiss novelist who wrote in French.

He was born in Corfu, Greece and worked as a civil servant for various international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization. He took the Swiss nationality in 1919. He died in Geneva, Switzerland.

His masterpiece, Belle du Seigneur , is a novel about Solal, a handsome and successful civil servant of the League of Nations, engaged in a passionate, cruel and yet realistic love affair with Ariane d'Auble.

Novels

• Paroles juives - (1921)
• Solal - (1930)
• Mangeclous - (1938)
• Le livre de ma mère - (1954)
• Belle du Seigneur - (1968)
• Les valeureux - (1970)
• Ô vous, frères humains - (1972)

External links

• Atelier Albert Cohen http://www.atelieralbertcohen.org/ , in French only