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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.
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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.
Jun 29, 2024 · 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.
Colette is a 2018 biographical drama film directed by Wash Westmoreland, from a screenplay by Westmoreland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Richard Glatzer, based upon the life of the French novelist Colette. It stars Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson, and Denise Gough .
Jan 9, 2019 · Colette: Directed by Wash Westmoreland. With Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh. Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
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...
Sep 21, 2018 · For proof, look no further than the French author Colette, one of the early 20th century’s most famous writers and the subject of an eponymous biopic opening Friday.
An innocent provincial village girl, Colette had three husbands, a daughter, and several women lovers; she was vulnerable and resilient, audacious and disciplined, maligned and admired. And she created some of the most unforgettable female characters in French literature.
Colette , in full Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, (born Jan. 28, 1873, Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France—died Aug. 3, 1954, Paris), French writer. Her first four Claudine novels (1900–03), the reminiscences of a libertine ingenue, were published by her first husband, an important critic, under his pen name, Willy.
