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Albert Cohen

1895 - 1981

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Abraham Albert Cohen (August 16, 1895 – October 17, 1981) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Cohen has received more than 73,396 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Albert Cohen is the 1,679th most popular writer (up from 1,891st in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Greece (up from 387th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Albert Cohen ranks 1,679 out of 7,302. Before him are Barbara Cartland, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Konstantin Paustovsky, Basil Valentine, Jules Romains, and Fredric Jameson. After him are Emilia Pardo Bazán, Henri de Régnier, Otfried Preußler, Jean-Jacques Ampère, François Pierre La Varenne, and Eliza Orzeszkowa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Albert Cohen ranks 92. Before him are Princess Margaret of Denmark, Jakov Gotovac, Marcel Janco, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Prescott Bush, and Hanns Albin Rauter. After him are Lewis Mumford, Michel Simon, Alexander Orlov, Walter Stennes, Sheng Shicai, and Kirsten Flagstad. Among people deceased in 1981, Albert Cohen ranks 55. Before him are Duško Popov, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Mike Hailwood, Christy Brown, and Heinz Kohut. After him are Mao Dun, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Josep Pla, Giuseppe Pella, Lotte Reiniger, and Gunichi Mikawa.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Albert Cohen ranks 365 out of 1,024. Before him are Simeon Uroš (1326), Agis III (-350), Loukas Notaras (1402), Jannis Kounellis (1936), Coroebus of Elis (-800), and Philip I of Macedon (-700). After him are Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), Dinarchus (-361), Leon of Sparta (-700), and Afet İnan (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Albert Cohen ranks 42. Before him are Phrynichus (-535), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Eupolis (-446), and Posidippus (-310). After him are Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Isaeus (-420), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Ion of Chios (-490), and Erinna (-400).

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