Anne Berest

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. , son of Françoise Sagan asked Berest to write about the creation of his mother's novel, Bonjour Tristesse. The resulting book, Sagan 1954, was well received by critics: Berest "searched for and found les mot justes".

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.

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 as well as the Prix Renaudot.

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

 * Que d'Amour! (Just Love) by Marivaux, telefilm directed by Valérie Donzelli shown on Arte in 2014 - co-writer
 * Paris Etc., series directed by Zabou Breitman shown on Canal+ in 2017 - co-writer
 * Mytho, directed by Fabrice Gobert, released on Netflix in 2019 - co-writer (and co-creator)
 * Valiant Hearts (2021), film directed by Mona Achache