
Raymond Briggs
- Date of Birth: 1934-01-18
- Date of Death: 2022-08-09
- Place of Birth: Wimbledon, London, UK
Biography
Raymond Redvers Briggs, CBE (18 January 1934 - 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author who achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. H... Raymond Redvers Briggs, CBE (18 January 1934 - 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author who achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. He is best known in Britain for his story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas. 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. 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. For his contribution as a children's illustrator Briggs was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1984.

The Snowman
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy • 1984 December

Ethel & Ernest
Animation, Drama, War, History • 2016 October

The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas
Documentary • 2022 December

The Wind and the Bomb
• 1986 January

Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Documentary, TV Movie • 2018 December

How the Snowman Came Back to Life
Documentary • 2012 December