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Raymond Briggs

For the British general, see Raymond Briggs (British Army officer). For the American general, see Raymond Westcott Briggs.

Raymond Briggs
CBE
Briggs in 1983
BornRaymond Redvers Briggs
(1934-01-18)18 January 1934
Wimbledon, England
Died9 August 2022(2022-08-09) (aged 88)
Brighton, England
Area(s)
  • Artist
  • writer
  • cartoonist
  • graphic novelist
  • illustrator
Notable works
Awards
Spouse(s)
Jean Briggs
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(m. 1963; died 1973)​

Raymond Redvers Briggs CBE (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]

  1. ^ Lea, Richard (10 August 2022). "Snowman author Raymond Briggs dies aged 88". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ Wroe, Nicholas (18 December 2004). "Bloomin' Christmas". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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  8. ^ "Association of Illustrators". Archived from the original on 12 July 2016.

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