Roger Duvoisin (1900–1980)
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Roger Duvoisin was born in Geneva, Switzerland on August 28, 1904. Before becoming a children's book illustrator, he designed and painted murals, theatrical scenery, and posters as well as worked in the fashion industry. He immigrated with wife Louise Fatio to the United States in 1925. He created vis mere more than 40 books and illustrated more than 140 children's books. He created several animal characters including Petunia the foolish goose, Veronica the hippo, Crocus the crocodile, Jasmine the cow, Donkey-Donkey and Hector-Penguin. He also illustrated the Happy Lion series written by his wife. He received several awards for his works including the Caldecott Award for White Snow Bright Snow written by Alvin Tresselt in 1948 and the Caldecott Honor Award for Hide and Seek Fog also written by Tresselt in 1966. He also received the Society of Illustrators Award, the Rutgers Award, the Silver Medallion of the University of Southern Mississippi and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota. He died on June 30, 1980. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Roger Duvoisin
All aboard! 3 eksemplarer
Favorite stories of Roger Duvoisin : including The Crocodile in the Tree, See What I Am, Periwinkle and Snowy and Woody (2016) 3 eksemplarer
Chanticleer : the real story of this famous rooster 2 eksemplarer
Santa's Circus 1 eksemplar
Which is the Best Place? 1 eksemplar
The First Christmas: A Book of Old Legends 1 eksemplar
Verònica 1 eksemplar
Columbus Discovers America 1 eksemplar
Around the World to China - Christopher Columbus 1 eksemplar
New Yorker cover 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Forfatter — 1,548 eksemplarer
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 06: Harvest of Holidays (1900) — Bidragyder — 152 eksemplarer
The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada (1952) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 75 eksemplarer
Mother Goose: A Comprehensive Collection of the Rhymes Made by William Rose Benét (1936) — Illustrator — 13 eksemplarer
Vavache, The Cow Who Painted Pictures — Illustrator — 3 eksemplarer
Wait till Sunday — Illustrator — 2 eksemplarer
The Little Church on the Big Rock — Illustrator — 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Duvoisin, Roger Antoine
- Fødselsdato
- 1900-08-28
- Dødsdag
- 1980-06-30
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Switzerland
- Fødested
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Dødssted
- Morristown, New Jersey, USA
- Bopæl
- New York, New York, USA
Gladstone, New Jersey, USA - Uddannelse
- École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
- Erhverv
- children's book author
illustrator - Relationer
- Fatio, Louise (spouse)
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