Louise Fatio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louise Fatio

Swiss-American children's writer

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1904

Place of Birth: Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1993

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Louise Fatio Duvoisin (August 18, 1904 – July 26, 1993) was a Swiss-born American writer of children's books.
Many were created in collaboration with her husband Roger Duvoisin, a Swiss-born illustrator, and she is known best for their picture book series Happy Lion.
The Happy Lion (1954), first in the series, won the inaugural, 1956 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in its German-language translation (Der glückliche Löwe).