Annie Hausen (4 August 1926 â€" 22 April 2020),[1] known by her pen
name Catherine Paysan, was a French writer. She won the Grand prix de
littérature de la SGDL for her lifetime’s writing.The daughter of
Auguste and Marthe Roulette, she was born Annie Roulette[2] in
Aulaines in the Sarthe department of France. She attended a lycée for
girls in Le Mans from 1938 to 1939 and then the boys' lycée (now the
Lycée Montesquieu [fr]) from 1939 to 1945 while the girls' school was
being used as a hospital. She taught at a collège in Paris, where she
met her future husband, a Hungarian; after her marriage, she retired
from teaching and returned to her native village.[3][4]She published
several novels, five autobiographical works, two collections of poetry
and two plays, and adapted several of her works for film.[3] In 1977,
she received the Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL for the whole
of her work.[5]Paysan was named an Officier of the Legion of Honour in
2011.[6] She was also named a Knight in the French National Order of
Merit.[4]
name Catherine Paysan, was a French writer. She won the Grand prix de
littérature de la SGDL for her lifetime’s writing.The daughter of
Auguste and Marthe Roulette, she was born Annie Roulette[2] in
Aulaines in the Sarthe department of France. She attended a lycée for
girls in Le Mans from 1938 to 1939 and then the boys' lycée (now the
Lycée Montesquieu [fr]) from 1939 to 1945 while the girls' school was
being used as a hospital. She taught at a collège in Paris, where she
met her future husband, a Hungarian; after her marriage, she retired
from teaching and returned to her native village.[3][4]She published
several novels, five autobiographical works, two collections of poetry
and two plays, and adapted several of her works for film.[3] In 1977,
she received the Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL for the whole
of her work.[5]Paysan was named an Officier of the Legion of Honour in
2011.[6] She was also named a Knight in the French National Order of
Merit.[4]
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