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(kŏ-lĕt′, kô-), (Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine) 1873-1954.

French author known for her observations of class and sexual politics. She wrote the Claudine series of novels, as well as Chéri (1920) and Gigi (1945).

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Colette

(kɒˈlɛt)

(Biography) full name Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette. 1873–1954, French novelist; her works include Chéri (1920), Gigi (1944), and the series of Claudine books

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Co•lette

(koʊˈlɛt, kɔ-, kə-)

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(Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette) 1873–1954, French author.

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Colette - French writer of novels about women (1873-1954)

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THERE IS A moment in director Wash Westmoreland's biopic Colette when the titular character, played with perspicacious wit and androgynous sensuality by Keira Knightley, sheds the trappings of tum-of-the-20th-century Paris--the high-buttoned dress and the corset--and dons a man's suit.

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Johnstone woman Colette Cunningham received a British Empire Medal for services to business and the public service in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Mum's the word; CONGRATULATIONS Colette accepts medal honour at mother's care home

The Provocative Colette is a full-color, biographical graphic novel about the talented French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), who was extremely open-minded and freethinking, especially by the standards of her time.

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Summary: New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The makers of the upcoming biopic 'Colette' have dropped its first trailer, which centers aorund French novelist, who overcomes the constraints of society to later become a Nobel Prize-nominated author.