Catherine Laboubée 1955 – 2026

Biography

Catherine Laboubée was a French writer and historian who kept the culture and history of Rouen alive. Born in Rouen on May 4, 1955, she earned a master’s degree, taught art history in public schools until 1994, and wrote as a historian, biographer and novelist, specialising in medieval art and the history of her home city. She was also the keeper of the legacy of the Rouen rock band the Dogs, whose leader, her brother Dominique, died in 1985; among the people she wrote about was Suzanne Savale, a French Resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor. Her family announced her death, and she died on November 9, 2026, aged 71.