Friends of Colette

I’ve discovered the most wonderful website! La société des Amis de Colette (The Society of Friends of Colette) has a gorgeous selection of photographs of Colette taken throughout her life: the young schoolgirl; the beautiful, adored lover and actress; the celebrated, legendary writer; and of course, La Chatte — a portrait of Colette would not be complete without including at least one of her many cats.

The Amis de Colette website also has a biography of Colette, illustrated with more photographs, and sections on each of the places she lived: her birthplace in La Puisaye, her summer houses in Provence and Bretagne, and her Parisian apartments in Le Palais-Royal (I’ve been there: what a magnificent place to live).

A museum dedicated to Colette has been set up in the house where she was born, in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye. It was founded by her only child, her daughter Colette de Jouvenel. The museum is stunning: the rooms are painted in bright, colours of the summery sunshine that she loved: poppy red, daffodil yellow, sky blue.

Each wooden step of the curving staircase is embossed in gold with a title of one of her books: imagine the pleasure of walking up Claudine à Paris, Duo, La Chatte, and Le Pur et L’impur! I can’t wait to visit.

Visit the site here:
http://www.amisdecolette.fr/

Amis de Colette — ce site est un vrai plaisir, plein de portraits de Colette. J’adore les photographies du Château: maison natale et site de ce qui est à present le Musée Colette. J’ai hâte d’y rendre visite!