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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (French: [sidɔni ɡabʁijɛl kɔlɛt]; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist.
Colette is a 2018 biographical drama film directed by Wash Westmoreland, from a screenplay by Westmoreland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Richard Glatzer, based upon the life of the French novelist Colette. It stars Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson, and Denise Gough.
Colette: Directed by Wash Westmoreland. With Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh. Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
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 concerned with the pains and pleasures of love, are remarkable for their command of sensual description.
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 was...
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette , dite Colette , est une femme de lettres , actrice et journaliste française , née le 28 janvier 1873 à Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (Yonne) et morte le 3 août 1954 à Paris . Cette femme de lettres est considérée, comme Voltaire ou Victor Hugo avant elle, comme l'un des plus grands écrivains français, symbolisant son époque et la littérature . Elle est ainsi l'une des plus célèbres romancières , aussi bien en France qu'à l'étranger, de la littérature ...
Jan 27, 2023 · Known for her depictions of female sexuality and astute yet lighthearted social commentary on the everyday lives of young women, Colette was a figure ahead of her time....
Nov 15, 2022 · The Brilliance of Colette, a Novelist Who Prized the Body Over the Mind. Two new translations of her Chéri novels deftly render her devastating portrait of beauty, seduction, and the ravages of...
Transported to glittering Paris, a woman ghostwrites for her husband and, empowered by success, fights for her identity as a writer and freethinker. Watch trailers & learn more.
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as 'Willy' (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him.
