Albert-Antoine Cimochowski, called Albert Cim, (22 October 1845 – 8 May 1924) was a French novelist, literary critic and bibliographer.
Biography
Albert Cimochowski, born to a French mother and a Polish officer who fled to France after the 1830 November Uprising, began a career in public service with the Postes et télégraphes in Paris in 1861. Writing under the name Albert Cim, he entered journalism, producing articles on philology, criticism, and bibliography, pieces that were quickly noticed. He collaborated with many newspapers, including "lights" ones (La Gaudriole) and held the Revue littéraire column of Le Radical from 1881 to 1894, then of the National from 1895 to 1897. He also participated in writing the Dictionnaire de la langue française by Littré. Meanwhile, he published books for children and novels, which earned him the title of five-time winner of the Académie française, and documentary, literary, and bibliographic studies. In 1896, he was appointed a librarian by the Under Secretary for Postes and Telegraphs. He was also a member of the Société des gens de lettres of which he was twice the vice-president.
