Anne Berest
Anne Berest (born 15 September 1979) is a French writer and actress.
Anne Berest
Writer, actress
Grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro de la biographie (2018)
Claire Berest (sister)
Francis Picabia (great-grandfather)
Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia (great-grandmother)
Biography[edit]
In 2008 she adapted Patrick Modiano's short autobiography Un Pedigree for the theatre with Edouard Baer.[1] Denis Westhoff, son of Françoise Sagan asked Berest to write about the creation of his mother's novel, Bonjour Tristesse.[2] The resulting book, Sagan 1954, was well received by critics: Berest "searched for and found les mot justes".[3]
In 2017, with her sister Claire Berest, she wrote a biography of her great-grandmother Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia. With Gabriële, the Berest sisters succeeded in bringing attention to their great-grandmother's often overlooked life and influence in the art world, specifically within the Dada movement.[4]
La carte postale (The Postcard), an enquiry into her Jewish family's past during World War Two, made the final selection for the 2021 Prix Goncourt[5] as well as the Prix Renaudot.[6]