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- Birth nameHenry Gauthier-Villars
- Willy was born on August 10, 1859 in Châtillon-Coligny, Loiret, France. He was a writer, known for Claudine en ménage (1917), Claudine s'en va (1917) and Claudine à Paris (1917). He was married to Colette. He died on January 12, 1931 in Paris, France.
- SpouseColette(May 15, 1893 - 1910) (divorced)
- Flat-brimmed top hat and big curled mustache
- Henry Gauthier-Villars was a well-known Parisian literary figure in the years before World War I. A tireless self-promoter, he saw himself as a "brand" in the modern sense and kept a team of ghostwriters to churn out books, reviews and newspaper columns under the Willy pen name. He initially took credit for his wife Colette's early novels.
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