Biography
Colette's fame extends to being probably the only female writer known by her mononym—She is always and only Colette, though in fact this most feminine of names was her surname: She was born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette on 28 January 1873 in the French village of Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye.
Her work—mostly at novella length, short and sharp—survives because her chief subject is one that never goes out of fashion. "Love, the bread and butter of my pen," she wrote, though she put it more bluntly in her book The Pure and the Impure (1932): "The flesh, always the flesh, the mysteries and betrayals and frustrations and surprises of the flesh." The story of Colette and her work is one of the most astonishing in modern literature. She was a pioneer of the French school of autofiction (autobiographical fiction), writing about women's lives in ways that broke new ground. Her books were simultaneously popular and acclaimed—read by critics and the public alike—not to mention scandalous. And she made of her life a project just as fascinating and subversive as her books.
Among Colette's best known works are the "Claudine" novels, "La naissance du jour," "Gigi," "Chéri," "The Tendrils of the Vine,"... She was also a mime, actress, journalist and a woman of letters. Colette was the first woman to be elected to the Académie Goncourt and the Belgian Royal Academy, both indicia of respect for her writing.
Filmography
all 31
Movies 30
Writer 20
self 5
TV Shows 1
La gatta (2021)
Chéri (2009)
Duo (1990)
The Other Woman (1990)
Break of Day (1980)
Claudine (1978)
Red Carnations (1962)
Gigi (1958)
Mitsou (1956)
Colette (1951)
Chéri (1950)
Minne (1950)
Gigi (1949)
Paris Nineteen Hundred (1948)
Divine (1935)
Ladies Lake (1934)
The Wanderer (1932)
La vagabonda (1918)
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1873-01-28
Deathday
1954-08-03 (81 years old)
Birth Name
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Birth Place
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye,
Relationships
Henry Gauthier-Villars (1893 - 1906), Henry de Jouvenel (1912 - 1923)
Children
Colette de Jouvenel
Father
Jules Colette
Citizenships
Residences
Maison natale de Colette,
Also Known As
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour
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