Colette
Dates: January 28, 1873 - August 3, 1954
Also known as: Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Colette married Henri Gauthier-Villars, a writer and critic, in 1920. He published her first novels, the Claudine series, under his own pen name. After they divorced, Colette began performing in music halls as a dancer and mime, and produced another book. This was followed with more books, usually semi-autobiographical with a narrator named Colette, and many scandals, as she established her writing career.
Colette was married twice more: Henri de Jouvenal (1912-1925) and Maurice Goudeket (1935-1954).
Colette received the French Legion of Honor (Légion d'Honneur) in 1953.
Colette on this site
Colette on the Web
- Featured Author: Colette
The New York Times archives with reviews of her books (1929 and later) and more recent articles, including her 1954 obituary. - Colette
Biography at the "books and writers" site
Elsewhere on About
- Colette: Classic Literature
About Colette
- Categories: writer
- Places: France
- Period: 20th century
- Religious Associations: Roman Catholic *
*her marriages outside the church resulted in the Roman Catholic Church's refusal to allow a church funeral for her
Also on this site
Bibliography
- Claudine series 1900-1903
- Chéri 1920
- La Fin de Chéri 1926
- Francis, Claud and Fernande Gontier. Creating Colette: Volume 1: From Ingenue to Libertine 1873-1913. ISBN 1883642914
- Francis, Claud and Fernande Gontier. Creating Colette: Volume 2: From Baroness to Woman of Letters 1913-1954.
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