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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
Died	21 April 2024(2024-04-21) (aged 83)
Nationality	Swiss
Notable work	Yok-Yok Stories 1,2,3,4
Awards	Society of Illustrators

Étienne Delessert (4 January 1941 – 21 April 2024) was a Swiss self-taught graphic artist and illustrator.

An award-winning illustrator, Swiss-born Delessert moved to Paris at the age of 21 to pursue a career as an art director for magazines and.

Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in , Delessert was a self-taught artist and author whose wild imagination illuminated more than 80 children's.

For more than thirty years this self-taught artist has delighting children and adults with his.

Etienne Delessert was born on 4 January in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.

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He is largely known for his animated series Yok-Yok and his collaboration with Eugène Ionesco, Stories 1,2,3,4, as well as his work with child psychologist Jean Piaget.

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 teller. His creative process involves mostly digital media in combination with hand sketching.

For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Delessert was a finalist for the biennial, internatio