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 Annette Tison, (born in 1942 in Hossegor, France) is a French architect and writer, mainly known for being co-creator of the '' Barbapapa'' series with her American husband, Talus Taylor Talus Taylor (1933 – 19 February 2015) was a writer of ...

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. Taylor was born in 1933 in San Francisco. He was a biology teacher and the companion of Annette Tison, the co-creator of the famous ''Barbapapa'' series; initially published as an album in 1970, before becoming a cartoon and a magazine in 1976. Taylor died on 19th February 2015 in Paris at the age of 82.Les Barbapapa pleurent la mort de l'un de leurs créateurs
Le Figaro, 2 March 2015.

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