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

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]

• 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

• 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