What is Catherine Paysan?
[[File:Catherine Paysan 1.JPG|right|200px]] '''Annie Hausen''' (4 August 1926 – 22 April 2020), 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. Paysan wrote [[novels]], [[poems]], [[screenplays]] and [[Play (theatre)|plays]]. Paysan was born in [[Aulaines]], France. She published several novels, five autobiographical works, two collections of poetry and two plays. She also adapted several of her works for movies.<ref name=montesquieu>{{cite web |url=http://montesquieu.lemans.free.fr/elevesoup1/catherinepaysan.pdf |title=Catherine PAYSAN |work=Archives du lycée Montesquieu du Mans |language=fr}}</ref> In 1977, she received the [[Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL]] for the whole of her work.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sgdl.org/sgdl-accueil/prix-et-bourses/archives/grand-prix-sgdl-de-litterature-l-oeuvre |title=Grand Prix SGDL de littérature pour l'ensemble de l'œuvre |publisher=Société des gens de lettres |language=fr}}</ref> Paysan was named an Officier in the French [[Legion of Honour]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lemans.maville.com/actu/actudet_-legion-d-honneur-francois-fillon-decore-catherine-paysan_39898-2011003_actu.Htm |title=Légion d'honneur : François Fillon décore Catherine Paysan |work=Le Mans Maville |date=October 8, 2011 |language=fr}}</ref> Paysan died on 22 April 2020 in [[Le Mans]], France at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.francebleu.fr/culture/livres/l-auteure-sarthoise-catherine-paysan-est-decedee-1587555269 L'auteure sarthoise Catherine Paysan est décédée] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Paysan, Catherine}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French poets]] [[Category:French screenwriters]] [[Category:French playwrights]] [[Category:French novels]] [[Category:French teachers]] [[Category:People from Sarthe]] [[Category:Writers from Pays de la Loire]] {{bio-stub}}