Colette Biography

Fast Facts

• Was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for her efforts during World War I
• In 1900, she released her book "Claudine à l'école․"
• Is best known as the author of the 1945 novel "Gigi․"
• Is the subject of Truman Capote's short story "The White Rose․"
• Helped co-write the ballet "L'enfant et les sortileges" for the Paris Opera in 1918
• In 1945, she became the first woman admitted into the Académie Goncourt
• Spent some time in 1906 living with fellow writer Natalie Clifford Barney