As a prominent member of Georges Bataille's secret society Acéphale, she had an intense affair with the author, whose Blue of Noon is based on events in their relationship.
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Her works were published posthumously against the will of her brother, Charles Peignot, by her nephew, the poet Jérôme Peignot (who thought of Colette as a “diagonal mother”).
Colette Peignot (1903–1938), French author, also known as Laure
Colette | Jérôme Peignot | Colette (boutique) | Deberny & Peignot | Colette Mann | Colette Boky | Jerôme Peignot | Colette Peignot | Colette McSorley | Colette Le Moal | Colette Leloup | Colette Gouvion |
They kept on working for cinema (The Passenger, awarded at the Festival d'Angers and the Festival d'Aubagne, Wild Camp, and Darling), dance (Prologue, Perle and Cinderella by Juha-Pekka Marsalo, as well as poetry lectures by Carolyn Carlson) and theatre (Laure by Colette Peignot).