Laurence Iché

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Laurence Iché
Born(1921-04-09)April 9, 1921
Saint-Étienne, France
DiedSeptember 9, 2007(2007-09-09) (aged 86)
Madrid, Spain
NationalityFrench
Partner
Robert Rius
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(m. 1941; died 1944)​
Manuel Viola
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(m. 1949; died 1987)​
RelativesRené Iché (Father)

Laurence Iché (April 9, 1921 – September 9, 2007) was a French writer.

Biography[]

Laurence Iché was born in Saint-Étienne, April 9, 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.[1][2] 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.[3]

Beginning in 1939, she began to write stories, articles and poetry.[2] During World War II, she helped establish the surrealist group La Main à plume and founded the review of the same name.[2][4] 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."[5] She also translated poetry by Camilo José Cela into French.[1] 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of stories Etagère en flamme, cuentos, illustrated by Picasso, was published in 1943 and included two of her stories, "Unpublished Correspondence" and "The Philosophers' Stone."[4][5] Iché participated in the 2006 conference Surrealismo Siglo XXI.[4]

In 1940, she joined the French resistance against Nazi occupation. She modelled for René Iché’s piece, la Déchirée. Sculpted from bronze, this piece was an important symbol of the resistance movement. It was gifted to Charles de Gaulle in London, but the sculpture has since disappeared.[3]

She married the poet  [fr] in 1941. On July 4, 1944 Rius was arrested on denunciation with his involvement with a maquis near Fontainebleau by the Gestapo. He was executed by firing squad on July 21, 1944.[6] In 1949, she married the Spanish painter  [es] until his death in on March 8, 1987 from lung cancer.[1][7] Iché died in Madrid at the age of 86.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Laurence Iché". Le Monde (in French). September 29, 2007.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Laurence Iché". Les Hommes sans épaules (in French).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Laurence Iche". 42 Rue Fontaine.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Muere Laurence Iché, la poeta más vinculada a Óscar Domínguez". eldiario.es (in Spanish).
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Rosemont, Penelope (1998). Surrealist Women: An International Anthology. Austin: The University of Texas Press. ISBN 0 485 30088 5.
  6. ^ "Ce site est dédié à la mémoire du poète Robert Rius". Site de robertrius ! (in French). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  7. ^ "Manuel Viola", Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (in Spanish), 2020-03-25, retrieved 2020-10-13
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