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Colette
(1873-1954)
French novelist
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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 and was also known as a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best remembered for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name.

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Born Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
28 January 1873
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, France
Died
3 August 1954 (aged 81)
Paris, France
Zodiac Aquarius
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