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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Albert Cohen

Born: August 16, 1895
Died: October 17, 1981 (aged 86)
Bio: Albert Cohen 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.
Known for:
- Belle du Seigneur (1968)
- Solal of the Solals (1930)
- Book of My Mother (1954)
- Her Lover
- Numerical Analysis of Wavelet Methods