Books By Colette, Helen Constantine, Diana Holmes - Author

Helen Constantine has translated many classic writers from French, including Zola, Laclos, Gautier, Flaubert, Balzac and Proust. She is the general editor of the City Tales series of short stories published by Oxford University Press. Diana Holmes is Professor of French at the University of Leeds. She was named Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the Government of France in 2023. She is the author of many books and articles on French women's writing, from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary period, and from 'highbrow' to popular. Colette was the subject of her first book and has figured in much of her subsequent work. She also writes on film and co-founded the Manchester University Press series French Film Directors, as well as co-authoring the volume on Truffaut's cinema.