French writer and actress
Anne Berest (born 15 September 1979) is a French writer and actress.
Biography
In 2008 she adapted Patrick Modiano's short autobiography Un Pedigree for the theatre with Edouard Baer.[1] Denis Westhoff [fr], 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]
Books
- La Fille de son père, éditions du Seuil, 2010, ISBN 978-2-02-102783-9
- Les Patriarches, éditions Grasset, 2012 ISBN 978-2-246-80084-2
- Sagan 1954, éditions Stock, 2014, ISBN 978-2-234-07740-9
- How to be Parisian wherever you are (with Audrey Diwan, Caroline de Maigret and Anne Berest, Doubleday, 2014, ISBN 978-0-09-195809-1
- Recherche femme parfaite, éditions Grasset, 2015, ISBN 978-2-246-85244-5
- Gabriële (with Claire Berest), éditions Stock, 2017 ISBN 978-2-234-08618-0
- La Visite, suivi de Les Filles de nos filles, Actes Sud, 2020, ISBN 978-2-330-13154-8
- La Carte postale, éditions Grasset, 2021 ISBN 9782246820505
Screenwriter
References
- ^ Silber, Martine (5 May 2008). "La vie antérieure de Modiano dans la voix d'Edouard Baer" [The previous life of Modiano in the voice of Edouard Baer]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Leyris, Raphaëlle (10 May 2014). "Sagan nostalgie" [Sagan nostalgia]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Delorme, Marie-Laure (14 May 2014). "Anne Berest et Françoise Sagan, une amitié paradoxale" [Anne Berest and Françoise Sagan, a paradoxical friendship]. Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Koutchoumoff, Lisbeth (1 September 2017). ""Que voulez-vous, ma femme a un cerveau érotique..."" ["What do you want, my wife has an erotic brain"]. Le Temps (in French). Lausanne. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Prix Goncourt 2021 : plus que 9 romans en lice et de nouvelles règles" [Prix Goncourt 2021: only 9 novels in contention and some new rules]. L'Obs (in French). Paris. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Prix Renaudot 2021 : la 2e sélection est tombée" [Prix Renaudot 2021: the second selection has been announced]. L'Obs (in French). Paris. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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