Ua make ʻo Raymond Briggs, ka mea nāna i hana ʻo "The Snowman", i ka makahiki 88

ʻO ka mea kākau kiʻi Pelekane ʻo Raymond Briggs, nāna i hana i nā hana he nui i hoʻoikaika i nā moʻomeheu animated e like me Ka hau hau e Ethel a me Ernestua make ʻo ia ma ka Poalua 9 ʻAukake o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi i ka 88 o kona mau makahiki. "Ua ʻike mākou ua aloha ʻia nā puke a Raymond a ua hoʻopā ʻia e nā miliona o ka poʻe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e kaumaha ke lohe ʻana i kēia nūhou," wahi a kona ʻohana i kēia lā i kahi ʻōlelo, a ua mahalo pū lākou i nā limahana o ka 'Overton Ward ma ka Royal Sussex County Hopsital, kahi i noho ai ʻo Briggs i kāna mau pule hope loa.

ʻO Lupus Films, nāna i hoʻololi i ka hana a Briggs i ka animation, kaʻana like i ka ʻoluʻolu ma Twitter:

Kaumaha mākou i ka ʻike ʻana ua make ʻo Raymond Briggs i nehinei. He mea hoʻoikaika maikaʻi loa ia no mākou a hoʻoikaika nui i ka wā i hana ai mākou i ka The Snowman and The Snowdog a me Ethel & Ernest. He kanaka ʻoluʻolu a lokomaikaʻi ʻo ia me ke ʻano pāʻani pāʻani. RIP Raimondo. pic.twitter.com/s6JeFzQ2xY

- Lupus Films (@LupusFilms) 10ʻAukake 2022

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Ianuali 18, 1934 ma Wimbledon, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Briggs i ke kiʻi ʻana i nā komikika i ka wā ʻōpiopio a hele ʻo ia e aʻo i ka pena kiʻi ma ke Kula ʻo Wimbledon a me ka typography ma London's Central School of Art and Design. Ua komo ʻo Briggs i ka lawelawe aupuni ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā kino hōʻailona i ka makahiki 50, ua hoʻomau ʻo Briggs i kāna aʻo ʻana i nā kiʻi pena ma ke Kulanui ʻo Slade School of Fine Art o University College London, a puka i ka makahiki 1957.

Ua hana koke ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kiʻi kiʻi puke a nā keiki, ʻoi loa i ka 1958 Cornish fairy tale anthology. ʻO Pietro a me nā Piskies (na Ruth Manning-Sanders), a loaʻa ka kaulana me ka lua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana no ka 1964 Kate Greenway Medal (no ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā mele nursery. Laki Fi Fo Fum) a lanakila i ka makahiki 1966 no Ka waiwai a Māmā Kuisa, i komo ma luna o 800 kiʻi kala na Briggs. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i ke kiʻi i ka manawa ma ke kula ʻo Brighton School of Art, kahi āna i aʻo ai a hiki i 1986.

ʻO ka hoʻomaha nui mua o Briggs ma ke ʻano he mea kākau-kiʻi kiʻi ʻelua mau inoa hoʻomaha i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e Hamish Hamilton me kahi St. Nick huhū i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 1973 a me '75, a ma hope i hui ʻia i ka 4 Channel 1991 animated special Babbo natale, hana ʻia e John Coates. ʻO kekahi o nā puke kiʻi a Briggs Hamilton, Mushroom the Black Man (1977) e pili ana i kahi monster hana, ua hoʻololi ʻia i loko o ʻelua mau ʻano huila kūikawā ʻekolu ʻāpana; ka mua ma 2004 (BBC) a me ka hope no Sky1 ma 2015, i haʻi ʻia e Andy Serkis a hana ʻia e kāna mo-cap studio ʻO Imaginarium.

ʻO ka hana kaulana paha a ka mea pena, Ka hau hau i paʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 1978 (Hamilton / Random House i ka US) Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Briggs ma hope o ka hana ʻana "ma o ka lepo, slime a me nā huaʻōlelo" no ʻHʻāha, makemake ʻo ia i kahi mea "maʻemaʻe, maikaʻi, hou a ʻōlelo ʻole a wikiwiki". Ua hoʻololi pono ʻia nā kiʻi penikala penikala ʻokoʻa o nā puke i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni TV hapalua hola BAFTA i koho ʻia e ka Academy Award i ka makahiki 1982. Ua hana ʻia kēia kiʻi e Coates no TVC a ua alakaʻi ʻia e Dianne Jackson, ma lalo o ke kiaʻi ʻana e Jimmy T Murakami.

Ka hau hau He mea hoʻomaha hoʻomaha maʻamau ma kāna ʻano paʻi a me ka animated, a ua hana ʻo BFI i ka papa inoa o 100 Best British TV Shows ma 2000. Channel 25's 4-minute kūikawā ʻO ke kanaka hau a me ka ʻīlio haui hana ʻia e Lupus Films, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 2012 e hoʻolauleʻa i ka makahiki 30 o ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni kumu a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Coates, nāna i make he mau mahina ma mua o kona hoʻomaka mua ʻana.

I ka makahiki 80, hoʻomaka ʻo Briggs e hoʻonui i kāna hana i nā kumuhana kanaka makua, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma Keonimana Jim (1980) a me kāna hui, Ke pā ka makani (1982), e noʻonoʻo ana i kahi hoʻouka kaua Soviet ma o nā maka o kahi kāne i hoʻomaha ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻEnelani a ua hana ʻia i kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma 1986, i alakaʻi ʻia e Murakami, i hana ʻia e Coates a me Peggy Ashcroft a me John Mills.

I ka makahiki 1998 ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia iā Briggs Ethel & Ernest: he moʻolelo ʻoiaʻiʻo ma o Cape Jomnathan. Hōʻike ka moʻolelo kiʻi hoʻohiwahiwa i ka moʻolelo ola o nā mākua o Briggs - ʻo Ernest, kahi kahu waiū, a me Ethel, he kaikamahine wahine mua a kahi lede - e hōʻiliʻili ana i nā manawa poina ʻole mai ko lāua mau makahiki i hui pū ʻia mai ko lāua hui mua ʻana i ka makahiki 1928 a hiki i ko lāua make ʻana i ka makahiki 1971. The biography illustrated Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka makana Pelekane puke a ua hana ʻia i kiʻi ʻoniʻoni lima huki lima Ethel a me Ernest ma 2016, hana ʻia e Lupus Films, Melusine a me Cloth Cat, i alakaʻi ʻia e Roger Mainwood a me Brenda Blethyn a me Jim Broadbent.

Nā Buke a nā kamaliʻi ʻo Briggs ʻO ka bea e Ivor ka mea ike ole Ua hoʻololi pū ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kīwī kūikawā ma 1998 a me 2001. ʻO kāna puke hou i paʻi ʻia, Nā memo mai ka sofa, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka hui lehulehu Unbound ma 2015. I ka wā o kāna ʻoihana, ua lanakila ʻo Briggs i ʻelua Kate Greenaway Medals (me ʻelua mau mea hoʻokūkū), ʻelua British Book Awards a me nā makana he nui. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i loko o ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Pelekane Comic Awards ma 2012 a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) ma 2017.

Ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia ka mea kākau hope e kāna wahine ʻo Jean (1973), a me kāna hoa lōʻihi ʻo Liz (2015). I ka manawa o kona make ʻana, ua noho ʻo ia ma Westmeston, Sussex.

[Kumu: BBC, The New York Times]