Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes


No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.


Citations

Colette. My Apprenticeships. Translated by Helen Beauclerk, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1957, p. 46.

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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
  • Born: January 28, 1873
  • Died: August 3, 1954
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Novelist

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 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.