Albert Cossery was born in Cairo in 1913. He settled in Paris in 1945 in order to devote himself to writing, flirting and friendship with some of the most influential writers and artists of the last century, including Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Tristan Tzara, Alberto Giacometti, Lawrence Durrell, and Jean Genet. He was also, briefly, married to the actress Monique Chaumette. He wrote eight novels and was awarded the Grand Prix de La Francophonie de l’Académie française and the Grand Prix Poncetton de la SGDL. He died in 2008.
