Colette

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (French: [sidɔni ɡabʁijɛl kɔlɛt]; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette or as Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was. Jan 24, 2026 · 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. Jan 26, 2023 · 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. Jul 22, 2025 · Colette (1873-1945) was the foremost French woman author of her time. Retreat From Love, first published in 1907, was the first of her novels to be written without the collaboration of her. Mar 2, 2023 · A social chronicler and prolific journalist as well as a fiction writer, Colette provided a highly original woman’s perspective on life in stultifying patriarchal times.

Nov 15, 2022 · Michael LaPointe writes about two new translations of “Chéri” and “The End of Chéri,” and about the life and work of the novels’ author, the French writer Colette. Colette was the daughter of a carpenter named DeBoilet at Corby Abbey in Picardy, France. She was born on January 13, christened Nicolette, and called Colette. Orphaned at seventeen, she distributed.