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A summer with Colette, by Antoine Compagnon and Cahier de l'Herne: great among the greats of the 20th century

2023-01-04T15:36:05.665Z


CRITICISM – On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of her birth, many books appear on the one who was the first woman writer to receive a national funeral.


The one that Cocteau called "

Madame Colette

" and Mauriac "

the terrible Colette

" was born 150 years ago.

An eternity, and yet

"the good lady of the Palais-Royal"

(name of uncertain origin: Mauriac? Cocteau?) is so modern, lively, current.

She is massively present in bookstores with four volumes of her

Works

in the “Pléiade”, but also in a volume of the “Bouquins” collection (1536 p.), a volume of “La Pochothèque” (1635 p.).

Le Livre de Poche renews the covers of all of its titles, including

Sido

, followed by

Vrilles de la vigne

, prescribed for the French baccalaureate in 2023 with a new edition of the text prefaced by Antoine Compagnon.

Read alsoWhen Colette wrote in Le Figaro: "The writer who did not want to write"

The academician, who is one of the curators of the magnificent exhibition devoted to Proust's

Research,

at the BnF, does not hide his passion for Colette.

After

A summer with Colette

, last May (text following the series of programs broadcast during the summer of 2021 on France Inter), it also gives a long preface to the draw...

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Source: lefigaro

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