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Colette

French novelist

Born on: January 28, 1873
Died on: August 3, 1954
Aged: 81 years 187 days (978 months)
Nationality: French
Birth Sign: Aquarius

 

Colette

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, known mononymously as Colette or as Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist.

Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name.

Her short story collection The Tendrils of the Vine is also famous in France.


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