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Roger Duvoisin was born on 28 August, 1900 in Geneva, Switzerland, is an American writer. Discover Roger Duvoisin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation Writer and illustrator
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 28 August, 1900
Birthday 28 August
Birthplace Geneva, Switzerland
Date of death 30 June, 1980
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Nationality Switzerland

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1900

Roger Antoine Duvoisin (August 28, 1900 – June 30, 1980) was a Swiss-born American writer and illustrator best known for children's picture books.

Duvoisin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1900.

He learned to draw early having been encouraged by his father, who was an architect, and his godmother, a well-known painter of enamels.

He studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

His first job was designing scenery, making posters, and painting murals.

He also became a manager of an old French pottery plant before becoming involved with textile design, an occupation that eventually brought him to the United States.

He married Louise Fatio, another artist from Switzerland.

1904

He sometimes gave 1904 as his year of birth but he was nearly 80 at his death, born in 1900—the US Library of Congress learned from a publisher, indirectly from his widow.

1927

In 1927, they moved to New York City where he worked on children's books and magazine illustrations.

1938

He became an American citizen in 1938.

1947

He won the Caldecott Medal for White Snow, Bright Snow, written by Alvin Tresselt (D. Lothrop Co., 1947).

The annual American Library Association award recognizes the illustrator of the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children".

1948

He won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for picture books and in 1968 he was a highly commended runner-up for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustrators.

1950

Duvoisin both wrote and illustrated a successful series featuring Petunia the goose and Veronica the hippopotamus, inaugurated by Petunia (Alfred A. Knopf, 1950) and Veronica (Knopf, 1961; The Bodley Head, 1961).

1954

Fatio wrote and Duvoisin illustrated The Happy Lion, a picture book published by McGraw-Hill in 1954.

It was her first book and the first of ten Happy Lion books they created together (1954–1980).

1956

Its German-language edition (Der glückliche Löwe) won the inaugural 1956 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.

1961

In 1961, he received an award from the Society of Illustrators.

1965

Their 1965 collaboration Hide and Seek Fog was one of three Caldecott runners-up.

1966

In 1966, he received the Rugers Bi-Centennial award.

His books were published by The Bodley Head Ltd in London, Sydney and Toronto.

1973

Duvoisin's works also include translation and illustration of medieval European folk tales such as The Crocodile in the Tree (1973).

1980

Duvoisin died in June 1980.

2012

Jeanne Blackmore, Duvoisin's granddaughter, is also an author with her first children's book, How Does Sleep Come? published in 2012.

Duvoisin wrote his first book in the U.S.