Annie Hausen (4 August 1926 – 22 April 2020),[1] known by her pen name Catherine Paysan, was a French writer.

The daughter of Auguste and Marthe Roulette, she was born Annie Roulette[2] in Aulaines in the Sarthe department of France.

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.

[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.