Annette Tison, (born in 1942 in

Hossegor Soorts-Hossegor (; oc, Sòrts e Òssagòr) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France, 20 km (12 miles) north of Biarritz. It is a well known seaside resort that is renowned for its surfing. The ci ...

, France) is a French architect and writer, mainly known for being co-creator of the ''

Barbapapa ''Barbapapa'' is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of ...

'' series with her American husband,

Talus Taylor Talus Taylor (1933 – 19 February 2015) was a writer of children's literature, best known for being the co-creator with his wife Annette Tison of the ''Barbapapa'' series. Taylor was born in 1933 in San Francisco. He was a biology teacher and th ...

. Tison graduated from the

École Spéciale d'Architecture The École spéciale d'architecture (ÉSA; formerly École centrale d'architecture) is a private school for architecture at 254, boulevard Raspail in Paris, France. The school was founded in 1865 by engineer Emile Trélat as reaction against the ...

. She co-created the characters of the ''Barbapapa'' which was initially published as an album in 1970, before becoming a cartoon and a magazine in 1976.Raymond Perrin, Un siècle de fictions pour les 8 à 15 ans, L'Harmattan, Paris: 2003. .

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