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Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs

Known For Writing
Birthday Jan 18, 1934
Died Aug 09, 2022 (88)
Birthplace Wimbledon, London, UK
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Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. 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.

Known For

Filmography

Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest

2016

as Raymond Briggs (voice)

The Snowman

The Snowman

1984

as Older James / Narrator (uncredited)

Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest

2016

Graphic Novel Illustrator, Book

The Snowman and The Snowdog

The Snowman and The Snowdog

2012

Creator, Characters

Fungus the Bogeyman

Fungus the Bogeyman

2004

Novel

Ivor the Invisible

Ivor the Invisible

2001

Writer

The Bear

The Bear

1998

Book

Father Christmas

Father Christmas

1991

Novel

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

1986

Graphic Novel, Screenplay

The Snowman

The Snowman

1984

Book

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