For the British general, see Raymond Briggs (British Army officer). For the American general, see Raymond Westcott Briggs.
Raymond Briggs CBE
Briggs in 1983
Born
Raymond Redvers Briggs (1934-01-18)18 January 1934 Wimbledon, England
Died
9 August 2022(2022-08-09) (aged 88) Brighton, England
Area(s)
Artist
writer
cartoonist
graphic novelist
illustrator
Notable works
Father Christmas
The Bear
Fungus the Bogeyman
The Snowman
When the Wind Blows
Ug
Ethel & Ernest
Awards
Kate Greenaway Medal 1966, 1973
Horn Book Award 1979
British Book Award 1993, 1999
Spouse(s)
Jean Briggs
(m. 1963; died 1973)
Raymond Redvers BriggsCBE (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022)[1] was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas.[2]
Briggs won the 1966 and 1973 Kate Greenaway Medals from the British Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.[3][4] For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named Father Christmas (1973) one of the top-ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.[5] For his contribution as a children's illustrator, Briggs was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1984.[6][7] He was a patron of the Association of Illustrators.[8]
^Lea, Richard (10 August 2022). "Snowman author Raymond Briggs dies aged 88". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^Wroe, Nicholas (18 December 2004). "Bloomin' Christmas". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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