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Henri Manuel
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Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
Wikipedia ↗
Images on Commons ↗
Wikidata (Q218679) ↗
Details
Instance of
human
Born
28 January 1873
Died
3 August 1954
Place of birth
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye
Place of death
1st arrondissement of Paris
Sex or gender
female
Given name
Sidonie
,
Gabrielle
,
Claudine
Family name
Colette
Father
Jules Colette
Spouse
Maurice Goudeket
,
Henry Gauthier-Villars
,
Henry de Jouvenel
Child
Colette de Jouvenel
Occupation
novelist
,
ghostwriter
,
journalist
,
librettist
,
screenwriter
,
short story writer
,
playwright
,
prose writer
,
actor
,
writer
,
cabaret performer
,
theatre critic
Position held
president
Citizenship
France
Native language
German
Awards
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
,
Paulée de Meursault Prize
archives at
Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives
birth name
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
described by source
Die Damen mit dem grünen Daumen - Berühmte Gärtnerinnen
,
Metzler Autorinnen Lexikon (1 ed.)
,
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5
different from
Henri de Kerchove
documentation files at
SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
employer
Le Figaro
handedness
right-handedness
has works in the collection
Minneapolis Institute of Art
,
National Gallery of Art
languages spoken, written or signed
French
member of
Académie Goncourt
,
Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises
name in native language
Sidonie-Gabrielle-Claudine Colette
, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Literature
notable work
Gigi
,
La Chatte
,
Chéri
,
The Vagabond
,
The House of Claudine
,
Green Wheat
place of burial
Père Lachaise Cemetery
,
Grave of Colette
pseudonym
Colette Pavic
, Colette Willy
residence
Maison de Colette à Besançon
,
Maison natale de Colette
sexual orientation
bisexuality
topic's main category
Category:Colette
unmarried partner
Mathilde de Morny
,
Bertrand de Jouvenel
writing language
French
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
Gigi
Chéri
The Tendrils of the Vine
La Chatte
Green Wheat
Claudine at School
The Last of Chéri
Claudine
Duo
Mitsou
The Vagabond
Claudine in Paris
Appears in
Colette
Nothing in the MetaHistoryBook collection references this item yet.
Authority files
VIAF ↗
Library of Congress ↗
GND ↗
BnF ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica ↗
Treccani ↗
Subject of
Colette
Parent of
Colette de Jouvenel
Spouse of
Henry de Jouvenel
Henry Gauthier-Villars
Maurice Goudeket
Child of
Jules Colette