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Anne Berest

Anne Berest (born 15 September 1979) is a French writer and actress.

Anne Berest

(1979-09-15) 15 September 1979
Paris, France

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]

La Fille de son père, , 2010, ISBN 978-2-02-102783-9

éditions du Seuil

Les Patriarches, , 2012 ISBN 978-2-246-80084-2

éditions Grasset

Sagan 1954, , 2014, ISBN 978-2-234-07740-9

éditions Stock

How to be Parisian wherever you are (with , Caroline de Maigret and Anne Berest, Doubleday, 2014, ISBN 978-0-09-195809-1

Audrey Diwan

Recherche femme parfaite, , 2015, ISBN 978-2-246-85244-5

éditions Grasset

Gabriële (with ), éditions Stock, 2017 ISBN 978-2-234-08618-0

Claire Berest

La Visite, suivi de Les Filles de nos filles, , 2020, ISBN 978-2-330-13154-8

Actes Sud

La Carte postale, , 2021 ISBN 9782246820505

éditions Grasset

Que d'Amour! (Just Love) by , telefilm directed by Valérie Donzelli shown on Arte in 2014 - co-writer

Marivaux

Paris Etc., series directed by shown on Canal+ in 2017 - co-writer

Zabou Breitman

directed by Fabrice Gobert, released on Netflix in 2019 - co-writer (and co-creator)

Mytho

(2021), film directed by Mona Achache

Valiant Hearts

at IMDb

Anne Berest