Louise Colet - Writings of Louise Colet

Poet, born in Aix-en-Provence, SE France. The daughter of a businessman, she married a musician, Hippolyte Colet, in 1834. A friend of Madame Récamier, she continued holding her salon after the latter's death, where she met Gustave Flaubert, with whom she began an eight-year liaison. After their estrangement she published a bitter novel, Lui (1859), which caused a sensation. Her poetry included Les fleurs du Midi (1836), Penserosa (1840), and Ce qui est dans le coeur des Femmes (1852).

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Louise Colet (August 15, 1810 – March 9, 1876), born Louise Revoil, was a poet born in Aix-en-Provence in France.

Writings of Louise Colet

Fleurs du midi (1836) Penserosa (1839) La Jeunesse de Goethe (1839) Les Coeurs brisés (1843) Les Funérailles de Napoléon (1840) La Jeunesse de Mirabeau (1841) Lui (1859)