name: Colette Gauthier-Villars
birth_date: 1873-01-28 00:00:00
death_date: 1954-08-03 00:00:00
genres: Literature & Fiction
avg_rating: 3.72
ratings_count: 44086
about: Colette was the pen name of the French novelist and actress Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known, at least in the English-speaking world, for her novella Gigi, which provided the plot for a famous Lerner &amp; Loewe musical film and stage musical. She started her writing career penning the influential Claudine novels of books. The novel Chéri is often cited as her masterpiece.