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  • When Delessert was 21, he moved to Paris and established his career as an art director, creating and designing advertising campaigns.
  • Étienne Delessert was a Swiss self-taught graphic artist and illustrator.
  • For more than thirty years this self-taught artist has been translating his-and the world's-ideas, passions, fantasies and nightmares into the visual language.

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    Etienne Delessert

    LAKEVILLE — Etienne Delessert passed away at his home in Lakeville on April 22, 2024, after suffering complications from a stroke in 2022.

    Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1941, Delessert was a self-taught artist and author whose wild imagination illuminated more than 80 children’s books, many posters, and the pages of publications such as the New York Times, the Atlantic, and Le Monde. His animation studio in Lausanne created films for Sesame Street and for French and Swiss television channels. Today, his imaginary characters continue to roam the earth, fascinating children and adults across the continents, who may encounter his books in over 14 different languages. Delessert worked with many noted authors, including playwright Eugene Ionesco, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, and singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. The illustrations for his most recently published children’s book, “Nonsense!” accompany text written in 1846 by Edward Lear.

    Throughout his ca

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    Étienne Delessert (illustrator)

    Swiss illustrator (1941–2024)

    Étienne Delessert

    Delessert in 2011

    Born(1941-01-04)4 January 1941

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    Died21 April 2024(2024-04-21) (aged 83)
    NationalitySwiss
    Notable workYok-Yok
    Stories 1,2,3,4
    AwardsSociety of Illustrators

    Étienne Delessert (born 4 January 1941 in Lausanne – died 21 April 2024 in Lakeville) was a Swiss self-taught graphic artist and illustrator.[1] He is largely known for his animated series Yok-Yok and his collaboration with Eugène Ionesco, on Stories "1" and "2",[2] as well as his work with child psychologist jean Piaget.[3]

    His work focused on expanding the child's mind through the use of strange stories often designed to make children ask questions. He considers himself first and foremost a story berättare. His creative process involves mostly digital media in combination with hand sketching.

    For his lasting contribution as

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    Obituary: Étienne Delessert

    Swiss self-taught artist and animator Étienne Delessert, globally lauded for the surrealistic, wildly imaginative images in his more than 80 children’s books, died on April 22 in Lakeville, Conn., following a battle with cancer. He was 83.

    Delessert was born January 4, 1941, in Lausanne, Switzerland, the only child of Ferdinand, a minister, and Berengere Delessert. Delessert’s mother died just two weeks after his birth, and he notes in his biography for Something About the Author that his stepmother “was a great storyteller and influenced my creative development tremendously.” He recalled treasured long walks through the forest with his father, and spending summers in the countryside, all of which “made a strong impression on me,” he wrote. “I learned about colors and smells and the feel of animals and landscape first-hand.”

    At age eight, Delessert was already d