Laurence Iché

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]

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][3] In 1942, she published a collection of poems Au fil du vent, illustrated by Óscar Domínguez. She also translated poetry by Camilo José Cela into French.[1] Her book of stories Etagère en flamme, cuentos was illustrated by Picasso.[3] Iché participated in the 2006 conference Surrealismo Siglo XXI.[3]

She married the poet Robert Rius 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.[4] In 1949, she married the Spanish painter Manuel Viola until his death in on March 8, 1987 from lung cancer.[1][5] Iché died in Madrid at the age of 86.[1]