Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes


When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.


Citations

Colette. Claudine at School. Translated by Antonia White, Secker & Warburg, 1956.

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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.