Raymond Redvers Briggs (1934 - 2022)

Raymond Redvers Briggs

Raymond Redvers Briggs was a British writer, illustrator, and cartoonist.

A professional illustrator, he worked on the design of children's books. In the 1960s, Briggs discovered his talent and ability to combine words and pictures, using a form of strip cartooning that defined his later work.

Briggs is best known for his wordless book The Snowman, published in 1978, a sort of cute children's tale but with deep meaning. The animated and musical versions of this book are popular in Britain and are shown annually at Christmas.