Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Biography

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette ¨You will do foolish things but do them with enthusiasm¨ (Colette-Goodreads). Sidonie- Gabrielle Colette is one of the world's most influential female writers. ¨Her family fell upon hard times when she was a teenager, with the result that Colette married a man fifteen years her senior...¨ (Storybites- Colette). During the difficult times her father, Jules, took her out of boarding school to continue her education in a public school. The books and articles she wrote were from a woman's perspective in things like growing up,relationships, and the parisian dance halls. Colette, along with other authors, used personal experiences as inspiration for her work. Things like her scandalous sexuality, her rebellious free expression,
As she was growing up, Colette's mother was the one person she looked up to the most. Bringing her up ¨...amongst artists and political radicals in Belgium...¨ (AMSAW), allowed Colette to have a very different outlook on society. She also took on her mother´s views of the social mores of the day. As a result of this, ¨She grew up sturdy and energetic, rambunctious at school and determined to set herself apart...¨ (AMSAW). Colette had also said that her first husband, Willy, had greaty influenced her writing career. Though it was rumored he would ¨… lock Colette in a rumor for hours each day refusing to let her out until she created more titillating scenes..¨ (AMSAW). The rumors were never confirmed by Colette or anyone else, so goes to say that rumors are simply just that, rumors. Willy was a horrible man and husband to Colette. He would often entertain his mistresses in his shared home with Colette while she was just in a different room. What he didn´t know though is that Colette had begun ¨… Sleeping with his mistresses...¨ (Colette & Claudine), while she was writing her Claudine Series, discretely proving that two can most definitely play at that game. She divorced from Willy in 1906. Following her divorce she went on to live and eventful life of affairs, scandal, and two other marriages. Her other marriages, though one didn't last very long, the third was mostly successful. Though his name is never stated, he was a Jewish pearl salesman but, during the Great Depression he lost his business. ¨Colette supported him financially and helped him hide out when Germany occupied France during World War II¨ (AMSAW). Colette´s wide variety of relationships and rebellious attitude towards society created the woman many people looked up to and allowed for many others to at the very least, respect