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Collette offers 160 tours across all 7 continents, with expertly designed itineraries, flexible choices, and industry-leading protection. Whether you want to explore the Mediterranean, Alaska, Africa, or Italy, Collette has a tour for you.
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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.
Jan 9, 2019 · A film about the life and work of Gabrielle Colette, who wrote novels under her husband's name and challenged gender norms in Paris. Starring Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw and Dominic West, directed by Wash Westmoreland.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Wash Westmoreland
- 2019-01-09
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.
Jan 27, 2023 · Learn about Colette, a trailblazer of French literature who wrote more than 30 books, including the popular Claudine novels, and challenged gender norms with her depictions of female sexuality. Discover how she became a literary star, a marketing genius and a Nobel Prize nominee.
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...
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