Raymond Redvers Briggs CBE was a British cartoonist, artist, graphic novelist, and author. He is most known in Britain for his narrative, which has achieved critical and popular popularity among adults and children.
He died on August 9, 2022.
Who was Raymond Briggs’ wife Jean Briggs?
Jean Briggs was the wife of this great man.
His wife, Jean, who had schizophrenia, died from leukemia two years after her parents died. They didn’t have any kids.
Her husband, Briggs won the 1966 and 1973 Kate Greenaway Medals from the British Library Association, recognizing 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, composed the ballot for a public election of the nation’s favorite.
For his contribution as a children’s illustrator, Briggs was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1984.
He was a patron of the Association of Illustrators.
