Laurence Iché
French poet (1921–2007)
Laurence Iché (9 April 1921 – 9 September 2007) was a French writer.
Biography
Laurence Iché was born in Saint-Étienne on 9 April 1921. She was the daughter of the sculptor René Iché and Rosa Achard. As a young girl, Iché posed as a model for her father, as well as for Pablo Picasso, Victor Brauner and other artists. In 1937, at the age of sixteen, she was placed into a Benedictine convent at the suggestion of Max Jacob, but her stay there was brief.
Beginning in 1939, she began to write stories, articles and poetry. During World War II, she helped establish the surrealist group La Main à plume and founded the review of the same name. In 1942, she published a collection of poems Au fil du vent, illustrated by Óscar Domínguez, in which two of her poems were included: "Scissors Strokes by the Clock" and "I Prefer Your Uneasiness Like a Dark Lantern." She also translated poetry by Camilo José Cela into French. Her book of stories Etagère en flamme, cuentos, illustrated by Picasso, was published in 1943 and included two of her stories, "Unpublished Correspondence" and "The Philosophers' Stone." Iché participated in the 2006 conference Surrealismo Siglo XXI.
In 1940, she joined the French resistance against Nazi occupation. She modelled for René Iché's piece, la Déchirée.
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