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= Gisèle Ansorge =

Gisèle Ansorge (born Feb 9 1923 in Morteau in the department of Doubs, France, died Dec 17, 1993 in Étagnières, Switzerland) was a writer, filmmaker and playwright.

Career
After studying pharmacy, Gisèle Ansorge became passionate about film and animation. With her husband Ernest Nag Ansorge (known as Nag Ansorge), she directed several short animated films and television series for children.

The couple gained worldwide recognition with ten shorts of altogether just one hour, animated with blackened quartz sand, produced over a quarter century.

Her literary career began in 1958 with the writing of plays and scripts for television as well as fables and radio plays. Starting in the 1980s, she also explored other genres such as short stories, novels and tales.

Her collection of short stories, Le Jardin secret, won the Prix de Fribourg in 1985. Prendre d'aimer was awarded the Prix Paul Budry 1987 and the Prix des auditeurs de la RSR in 1989. Another novel Les Tourterelles du Caire won the Schiller Prize in 1992.

On June 20, 2003, on the tenth anniversary of her death, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the house where she lived in Etagnières. Her archives are kept by the Swiss Film Archive.

Filmography (selection)
Here is a selection of her filmography :

Novels
A selection of novels written by Gisèle Ansorge:

Plays
A selection of plays by Gisèle Ansorge:

Weblinks

 * Gisèle Ansorge on IMDb
 * Gisèle Ansoge on campiche.ch
 * Gisèle Ansorge (french article) in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland