Raymond Briggs

English cartoonist, illustrator (1934-2022) · United Kingdom · Artists · Died at 88

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Raymond Redvers Briggs was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author.

A life in dates

2022Died9 August 20221979Zilveren GriffelAward1973Kate Greenaway MedalAward1966Kate Greenaway MedalAward1934Born18 January 1934

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Awards

Zilveren Griffel1979

Kate Greenaway Medal1973

Kate Greenaway Medal1966

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Raymond Redvers Briggs 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.

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In common with Raymond

David HaigAlso in Ivor the Invisible (2001)

Mark HaddonAlso in Fungus the Bogeyman (2004)

Peggy AshcroftAlso in When the Wind Blows (1986)

Mel SmithAlso in Father Christmas (1991)

Harry CollettAlso in Ethel & Ernest (2016)

Jimmy MurakamiAlso in When the Wind Blows (1986)

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