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Picabia

British  
/ pikabja, pɪˈkɑːbɪə /

noun

  1. Francis. 1879–1953, French painter, designer, and writer, associated with the cubist, Dadaist, and surrealist movements

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Myriam, Berest’s grandmother, had married their son, Vincente, and survived the war with help from the Picabia clan.

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She could at least count on the help of her mother, Picabia, a linguistics professor who had self-published a book through Porte-Plume about their ancestors who died during the Holocaust.

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Picabia shared her extensive archives with her daughter.

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Berest’s perspective in “The Postcard,” Picabia said, was “a revelation” for her.

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Berest and her mother, Lélia Picabia, descended from Myriam — daughter of Ephraïm and Emma, older sister to Noémie and Jacques, and the single surviving member of the nuclear family.

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