Duvoisin, Roger, 1900-1980

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
דיוואזן, רוג'ה, 1900-1980
Name (Latin)
Duvoisin, Roger, 1900-1980
Other forms of name
Duvoisin, Roger Antoine, 1904-1980
Duvoisin, Roger Antoine, 1900-1980
Duvoisin, Roger, 1900-
דיוואזן, רוז'ה
דיוואזין, רוג'ר
Date of birth
1900
Date of death
1980
Field of activity
Children's literature
Occupation
Authors
Illustrators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 113538041
Wikidata: Q14751927
Library of congress: n 79021720
Sources of Information
  • 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.)
  • The Author's נחש מה אני, תש"מ 1979.
  • 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)
  • ספר: פטוניה, 2008.