[Carl Edvard Cohen]. Danish political writer and dramatist, brother of G. M. Cohen Brandes; born at Copenhagen on the 21st of October 1847. He studied at the university of his native place, showing a partiality for the oriental languages. He was then attracted to politics and the drama, contributing to the press upon these subjects. He was elected to the Folkething in 1889, the president of which considered it incumbent upon himself to ask M. Brandes whether the atheistic views he held would permit him to take the oath. M. Brandes replied, while protesting against the question, that he would take the oath. Among his works are the plays, A Visit (1882); A Betrothal (1884); Love (1887); and A Politician (1880); besides which he has published Danish Dramatic Art (1880) and Foreign Dramatic Art (1880).
