author
Gabriel Louis Jaray
1878–1954
A French lawyer, public official, and political writer, he brought a sharp eye for diplomacy and national questions to his books. His work often turns complex European affairs into clear, purposeful prose.
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Au jeune royaume d'Albanie
by Gabriel Louis Jaray
About the author
Born in Lyon on April 25, 1878, Gabriel Louis Jaray was a French author whose career moved easily between public service and writing. The Bibliothèque nationale de France lists him as the author of dozens of works, and the Académie française describes him as a doctor of law, a maître des requêtes at the Conseil d’État, secretary-general of the France-Amérique committee, and director of Cahiers de politique nationale.
His books show a strong interest in international politics and modern Europe. A Project Gutenberg edition of Au jeune royaume d'Albanie presents him as the author of an early-20th-century account of Albania at a moment of political change, and the same source notes another of his works, La politique franco-anglaise et l'arbitrage international, which was recognized by the Académie française.
Jaray died in Monte-Carlo on August 18, 1954. He is remembered as a writer who combined the habits of a jurist with the curiosity of a traveler and observer of world affairs.