Born today, Colette, in full Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, (1873-1954), was an outstanding French writer of the first half of the 20th century whose best novels, largely concerned with the pains and pleasures of love, are remarkable for their command of sensual description. Her greatest strength as a writer is an exact sensory evocation of sounds, smells, tastes, textures, and colours of her world.
When Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette arrived in Paris in 1893, few guessed that the 20-year-old from Burgandy would go on to become one of the most notorious and exuberant personalities of fin-de-siècle Paris. Colette was a French novelist and performer, best known for her book Gigi, the basis of the film of the same title.
Famous for her free spirit as much her style of writing, Colette was a chronicler of female existence, a precursory feminist who pushed against the bounds of sexuality for women in Paris. To the abhorrence of Parisian society, Colette experimented with androgyny on and off stage. She also frequented the spaces where marginal sexualities were beginning to find some visibility, in the cabarets and pantomimes. Even 142 years after her birth, Colette remains an icon and an indisputably formidable woman.
source: http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/7654/lessons-we-can-learn-from-colette
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