Mononymous person town of Stendal, birthplace of the German art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, whom Stendhal admired. In the 20th century, a fourth French writer, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (author of "Gigi", 1945), used her actual surname as her mononym pen name, Colette. Some French actors and singers have used their given name or surname as a stage mononym. In the 17th and 18th centuries, most Italian castrato singers used mononyms as stage names (e.g. Caffarelli, Farinelli). The German writer, mining engineer and philosopher, Georg Friedrich Philipp Freiherr von Hardenberg (1772–1801), became famous as Novalis. The 19th-century Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820–87), better
Sidonie Bonnec Sidonie Bonnec Sidonie Bonnec (born 25 February 1977) is a French radio and television presenter. After having collaborated in several programs as a columnist, she presented the program "Enquêtes criminelles : le magazine des faits divers" from 2008 to 2015 on W9. She then joined the public service and presented the program "Les Maternelles" on France 5 during one season, and then the game show "Tout le monde a son mot à dire" on France 2 since March 2017. In the same time, she pursues her activity as a journalist presenting documentaries for television in which she is in immersion.