Colette
January 28, 1873 – August 03, 1954
Countries:
France
Place of Birth:
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, France
Place of Death:
Paris, France
Colette (kɔ.lɛt; Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954) was a French novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Her best known work, the novella Gigi (1944), was the basis for the film and Lerner and Loewe stage production of the same name. She was also a mime, an actress, and a journalist.