458) Colette

Colette (born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873 – 1954). French novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. She was also a mime, an actress, and a journalist.

- "For Freund Colette's colors, her flame-red hair, her favorite blue paper, her crimson scarf, definie her." https://books.google.it/books…

- "She concealed her feelings and her talent, but she flaunted her rustic accent and a plait of auburn hair as long as she was tall." https://archive.nytimes.com/…/bo…/first/t/thurman-flesh.html

- "Colette grew into a beautiful young woman. She was strong and athletic, and she always wore her hair in a long red braid." https://www.writersalmanac.org/index.html%3Fp=7407.html