Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954). She is best known, at least in the English-speaking world, for her novel Gigi, which provided the plot for a Lerner & Loewe musical film and stage musical.
Colette was born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, in the Burgundy Region of France, the daughter of Jules-Joseph Colette and Adèle Eugénie Sidonie Landoy ("Sido"). In 1893 she marrie...
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Date of birth:
- Jan 28, 1873
Date of death:
- Aug 3, 1954 (age 81 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette,
- Sidonie-Gabriel Colette
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