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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (French: [sidɔni ɡabʁijɛl kɔlɛt]; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist.
Jan 26, 2023 · An icon in her native France, Colette's scandalous life and works still captivate readers 150 years on from her birth, writes John Self.
Colette (born Jan. 28, 1873, Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France—died Aug. 3, 1954, Paris) was an outstanding French writer of the first half of the 20th century whose best novels, largely concerned with the pains and pleasures of love, are remarkable for their command of sensual description.
A tireless worker, Colette spent the 1920s and ’30s producing novels, short stories, plays and memoirs. Although she wrote women’s interest pieces for pro-Nazi...
- Sadie Stein
Sep 21, 2018 · Born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette in 1873 in the French countryside in Burgundy, she was 20 years old when she fell for Henry Gauthier-Villars, a 34-year-old friend of her father,...
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Jan 9, 2019 · Colette is a 2018 film starring Keira Knightley as the writer who challenged gender norms and wrote under her husband's name. The film follows her life, career and relationship with Willy, based on historical facts and her autobiographical novels.
Jan 30, 2020 · Learn about the life and works of Colette, one of France's most famous women of letters. From her early novels under a pseudonym to her later success as a journalist and photographer, Colette explored her sexuality, identity, and art in a turbulent century.
