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Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, in the Burgundy Region of France. In 1893 she married Henri Gauthier-Villars, a famous wit known as "Willy", who was 15 years her senior. Her first books, the Claudine series, were published under the pen name of her husband, "Willy". In 1906 she left her husband and lived for a time with the American writer and salonist Natalie Barney. The two had a short affair, and remained friends until Colette's death. She then started working in the music halls of Paris with Mathilde de Morny, the Marquise de Belbeuf, with whom she became romantically involved. In 1907, they performed together in a pantomime entitled Rêve d'Égypte at the Moulin Rouge. Their onstage kiss nearly caused a riot, which the police were called in to suppress. As a result of this scandal, further performances of Rêve d'Égypte were banned and Colette and de Morny were no longer able to openly live together, though their relationship continued a total of five years. She was also involved with the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio during this time. In 1912 she married Henri de Jouvenel, the editor of the newspaper Le Matin. She had one daughter. In 1914, she was asked to write a ballet for the Opéra de Paris, but the composer Maurice Ravel convinced her to rework it into an opera, L'Enfant et les sortilèges, which opened after the war in 1925. During World War I she converted her husband's estate into a hospital for the wounded. After the war, her writing career became more successful after the publication of her novel Chéri (1920). She divorced her husband after having an affair with her stepson. She married Maurice Goudeket in 1935 and changed her name to Sidonie Goudeket. Maurice Goudeket published a book about her called Close to Colette: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman of Genius. She published around 50 novels in total, many with autobiographical elements.
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French novelist (1873–1954)
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28 January 1873
Died
3 August 1954
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Chéri: and The last of Chéri.
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First published in 1900
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Ripening seed
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First published in 1923
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La vagabonde: roman
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First published in 1910
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Claudine at school
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The lastof Chéri
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First published in 1926
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Gigi: Julie de Carneilhan. Chance acquaintances
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First published in 1900
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La maison de Claudine
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First published in 1922
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Claudine in Paris
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First published in 1902
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Oeuvres complètes de Colette.
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First published in 1973
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Oeuvres completes de Colette.
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Mitsou: and Music-hall sidelights
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First published in 1919
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Colette par elle-même.: Présentation de Germaine Beaumont
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First published in 1951
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Claudine married
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First published in 1912
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L' entrave: roman.
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First published in 1920
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La chatte: roman.
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First published in 1933
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The vagabond
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First published in 1954
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La naissance du jour.
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First published in 1928
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My mother's house: and Sido
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First published in 1953
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Duo and Le toutounier: two novels
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First published in 1934
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The collected stories of Colette
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First published in 1962
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French novelist (1873–1954)
Born
28 January 1873
Died
3 August 1954
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Colette (1873-1954)
Gabrielle Sidonie Colette (1835-1912)
Marguerite Moreno (1871-1948)
Colette family
Francis Jammes (1868-1938)
Alonso
Anita Loos (1893-1981)
Anna de Noailles (1876-1933)
Annie de, d. 1918 Pène
Antonio
Ariel
Bill Hutchinson
Brently Mallard
Caliban
Ceres
Colette
Colette (1873-1954,)
Colette de Jouvenel (1913-1981)
Colonel Sartoris
Emily Grierson
Ferdinand
Germaine Beaumont (1891-)
Gonzalo
Harry Graves
Homer Barron
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1861-65
1914-1940
1940-1944
Antebellum era
Third Republic, 1870-1940
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OLID: OL119715A
BookBrainz:
e7475885-0790-4eaf-a441-1c646211c500
GoodReads:
51575
ISNI:
0000000121380055
IMDb:
nm0171372
Library of Congress Names:
n79097475
LibriVox:
2229
MusicBrainz:
9ccc1da1-58e2-4f87-a0ed-de17aaab1aec
Project Gutenberg:
2065
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy):
CFIV009659
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68937443
Wikidata:
Q218679
Inventaire.io:
wd:Q218679
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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
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Colette Willy
1873-1954 Colette
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Sidonie Gabriellee Colette
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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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