W. Cushing (Black Sparrow Press, 1981), revised by Alyson Waters (New York Review Books, 2011) La Violence et la Dérision (1964) Violence and Derision, also called The Jokers, translation by Anna Moschovakis (New York Review Books, 2010) Un complot de saltimbanques (1975) A Splendid Conspiracy, translation by Alyson Waters (New Directions Publishing, 2010) Une ambition dans le désert (1984) An Ambition in the Desert Les Couleurs de l'infamie (1999) The Colors of Infamy, translation by Alyson Waters (New Directions Publishing, 2011) Films In 1978 Les fainéants dans la vallée fertile was made into a film by the Greek director Nikos Panagiotopoulos. (First Prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Second Prize at the Chicago Film Festival). () Beggars and Noblemen (1991) and The Jokers (2004) were made into movies by the female Egyptian film director Asmaa El-Bakry. Cossery was the screenwriter for Les Guichets du Louvre. References Bibliography Conversation avec Albert Cossery ( Michel Mitrani ) 1995 - Joelle Losfeld L'Egypte d'Albert Cossery 2001 - Joelle Losfeld Le Magazine littéraire Novembre 2005 - Propos recueillis par Aliette Armel egyptiansurrealism.com 1913 births 2008 deaths French novelists French writers Egyptian emigrants to France Egyptian novelists Eastern Orthodox Christians from France Egyptian people of Syrian descent Greek Orthodox Christians from Egypt Writers from Cairo Levantine-Egyptians 20th-century novelists Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery Légion d'honneur refusals