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Persoonlijke gegevens Henry GAUTHIER-VILLARS 

• Hij is geboren op 8 augustus 1859.
• Beroep: Writer and Music Critic.
• Hij is overleden op 12 januari 1931, hij was toen 71 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Jean Albert GAUTHIER-VILLARS en Laure Alexandrine POTTIER

Gezin van Henry GAUTHIER-VILLARS

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Sidonie-Gabrielle COLETTE.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 15 mei 1893, hij was toen 33 jaar oud.

Het echtpaar is in 1910 gescheiden.

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Marie Louise MANIEZ.

Zij zijn getrouwd

Notities over Henry GAUTHIER-VILLARS

Henry Gauthier-Villars (8 August 1859 – 12 January 1931) or Willy, his nom-de-plume,[1] was a French fin de siècle writer and music critic who is today mostly known as the mentor and first husband of Colette.[1] Other pseudonyms used by Gauthiers-Villars are: Henry Maugis, Robert Parville, l’Ex-ouvreuse du Cirque d’été, L’Ouvreuse, L’Ouvreuse du Cirque d’été, Jim Smiley, Henry Willy, Boris Zichine.

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Biography[edit]
Born on 8 August 1859 in Villiers-sur-Orge, Essonne into a bourgeois Catholic family, he attended the Lycee Fontanes and later the Jesuit Collège Stanislas in Paris. He became fluent in Latin and German. In 1885, he obtained a law degree and subsequently started with a job in the family’s publishing firm of Gauthier-Villars.[2]

Willy was a ladies man; Rachilde described him "as a man of the world, a brilliant Parisian rake".[2] In 1889, he met Colette, 14 years younger than he was; they married on 15 May 1893. As a writer and music critic he was an incessant and effective self-promoter, under whose directions his "slaves" wrote articles and novels. His ghostwriters may or may not have received recognition but participated because publication under the Willy name secured a high publication rate and good income. With his literary workshops, Willy published more than 50 novels.[2] Curnonsky was one of his ghostwriters, as was his fellow gastronomist Marcel Boulestin. His participation varied and included conceptionalizing, editing, and adding sections, plots, and puns. Henry's favourite song which he could often be heard singing on his way to dinner was I am Henery the Eighth.

Colette was initially handling his correspondence, but soon became involved in writing on her own starting with Claudine, her first oeuvre under the Willy label. The success led to more novels in the Claudine series. It is generally acknowledged that these books were written by Colette, but he had his hand in it editing and honing the manuscripts.[1] Willy also went into merchandizing dolls and other items based on the Claudine novels.

Colette soon learned that Willy had other affairs, and she met his mistress Charlotte Kinceler, who later became her friend. Later, Willy and Colette had an affair unbeknownst to each other with the same woman, the American socialite Georgie Raoul-Duval, née Urquhart. Upon discovery, they made it a threesome and attended the Bayreuth festival together.[2]

The marriage to Colette lasted until 1910, although in the years prior they were already separated. While Willy made a lot of money, he squandered it with ease on women and gambling and was facing bankruptcy. Willy went on to marry Marguerite Maniez, also known as Meg Villars after her marriage. He had no children from his two marriages; his son, Jacques, was the offspring from an affair before. Willy died on 12 January 1931 in Paris. Three thousand mourners followed his casket to the Montparnasse cemetery.

In 1905, Willy was painted by Giovanni Boldini.

Bibliography[edit]
Willy, Colette et moi, Sylvain Bonmariage, introduction by Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme, Paris, 2004 (reprint)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c Koski, Lorna (27 December 2013). "Book Tells Story of Colette's France". WWD. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Judith Thurman. Secrets of the Flesh. A Life of Colette. Bloomsbury, London (1999), ISBN 0-7475-4843-9.

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