Dijon. Why two places will take the name of Colette

“Colette is one of the greatest French writers of the XX^e century, and I get angry with anyone who says the opposite”, exclaims Daniel-Henri Vincent, honorary president of the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Belles Lettres of Dijon, former regional director of cultural affairs, and who was a long-time administrator of the Society of Friends of Colette.

As we approach the celebration of the 150^e anniversary of the birth of the Burgundian author (born January 28, 1873), this erudite Dijonnais had noted that the mere attribution of his name to a school in Fontaine-d’Ouche “was not up to the mark” of the dimension of the woman of letters. This is why an approach has been…