AKA Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Born: 28-Jan-1873
Birthplace: Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France
Died: 3-Aug-1954
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Le Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Gigi

Husband: Henri Gauthier-Villars (m. 1893, div. 1910)
Girlfriend: Marquise de Belboeuf ("Missy")
Husband: Henri de Jouvenel des Ursins (editor, m. 19-Dec-1912, div. 1925)
Daughter: Colette Renée de Jouvenel des Ursins (b. 3-Jul-1913)
Husband: Maurice Goudeket (writer, m. 1935, until her death)
Girlfriend: Natalie Barney
Boyfriend: Gabriele D'Annunzio (author)

    French Legion of Honor
    Risk Factors: Arthritis

Author of books:
Claudine à l'école (1900, novel)
Claudine à Paris (1901, novel)
Claudine en menage (1902, novel)
Claudine s'en va: Journal d'Annie (1903, novel)
La Retraite sentimentale (1907, novel)
La Vagabonde (1910, novel)
L'Envers du music-hall (1913, novel)
La Paix chez les bêtes (1916, short stories)
Chéri (1920, novel)
La Maison de Claudine (1922, poetry)
Le Blé en herbe (1923, novel)
La Fin de Chéri (1926, novel)
Sido (1930, poetry)
Ces Plaisirs (1932, later titled Le Pur et l'impur)
La Chatte (1933, novel)
Duo (1934, novel)
Mes Apprentissages (1936, memoir)
Gigi (1944, novel)
L'Étoile Vesper (1947)
Le Fanal Bleu (1949)

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