| LC control no. | n 79021720 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Duvoisin, Roger, 1900-1980 |
| Variant(s) | Duvoisin, Roger Antoine, 1904-1980 Duvoisin, Roger Antoine, 1900-1980 |
| Birth date | 1900-08-28 |
| Death date | 1980-06 |
| Place of birth | Geneva (Switzerland) |
| Field of activity | Children's literature |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Illustrators |
| Found in | His A little boy was drawing ... 1932. His The importance of Crocus, c1981: t.p. (Roger Duvoisin) Letter and phone call from publisher (Roger Duvoisin; actual birthdate 8/28/1900; author died in June 1980; author's wife says he sometimes gave out the 1904 date as his birthyear, but that he was indeed born in 1900 and was not quite eighty when he died; WW in Amer. is incorrect) Wikipedia, July 7, 2016 (Roger Antoine Duvoisin (August 28, 1900 in Geneva, Switzerland-June 1980) was a Swiss-born American writer and illustrator, best known for children's picture books. 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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