Louise Emma Fatio Duvoisin (August 18, 1904 – July 26, 1993) was a

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-born

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writer of

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. Many were created in collaboration with her husband Roger Duvoisin, a Swiss-born illustrator, and she is known best for their

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series Happy Lion. ''The Happy Lion'' (1954), first in the series, won the inaugural, 1956 in its German-language translation (').

Background

Fatio was born August 18, 1904, in

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, Switzerland, and educated in Geneva. She emigrated to the United States in 1925 and became a naturalized citizen in 1938. Fatio's earliest work in the U.S.

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catalog is ''The Christmas forest'', a 48-page book illustrated by Duvoisin, with a 1950 copyright date."The Christmas forest"
Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-07-16. It was published by

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no earlier than 1967, perhaps earlier in hardcover. Her first book published was ''The Happy Lion'' in 1954. A resident of

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and then

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, Fatio died on July 26, 1993, at the age of 89 at a nursing home in

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."Louise Fatio Duvoisin, children's book author"
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'', July 28, 1993. Accessed April 8, 2023, via

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. "Louise Emma Fatio Duvoisin, 89, an award-winning author of children's books and stories, died Monday (July 26, 1993) at King James Convalescent Center in the Somerset section of Franklin.... She lived in Peapack-Gladstone before moving to Chester."

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Louise Fatio
in the German National Library (DNB) 1904 births 1993 deaths American children's writers People from Chester Township, New Jersey People from Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey Swiss emigrants to the United States Writers from Morris County, New Jersey Writers from Somerset County, New Jersey {{US-child-writer-stub