URaymond Briggs, umdali we-"The Snowman," ushone eneminyaka engu-88

Umdwebi wezithombe waseBrithani uRaymond Briggs, odale imisebenzi eminingi egqugquzele okwakudala opopayi njenge I-Snowman e Ethel kanye no Ernestushone ngoLwesibili 9 Agasti ngenxa yenyumoniya eneminyaka engama-88. “Siyazi ukuthi izincwadi zikaRaymond zithandwa futhi zathintwa izigidi zabantu emhlabeni jikelele, abazophatheka kabi ukuzwa lezi zindaba,” kusho umndeni wakhe esitatimendeni namuhla, lapho ubonge nabasebenzi base-Overton Ward IRoyal Sussex County Hopsital, lapho uBriggs echithe khona amasonto akhe okugcina.

I-Lupus Films, eguqule imisebenzi kaBriggs yaba opopayi, yabelane ngamazwi enduduzo ku-Twitter:

Siphatheke kabi kakhulu ukuzwa ukuthi uRaymond Briggs udlule emhlabeni izolo. Ube yisikhuthazo esihle kakhulu kithi futhi esikhuthaza kakhulu lapho sikhiqiza i-The Snowman ne-The Snowdog kanye no-Ethel & Ernest. Wayengumuntu onomusa futhi ophanayo enamahlaya okudlala. RIP Raymond. pic.twitter.com/s6JeFzQ2xY

- Amafilimu eLupus (@LupusFilms) 10 Agasti 2022

Wazalwa zingama-18 kuMasingana 1934 eWimbledon, uBriggs waqala ukudweba amahlaya esemncane futhi waqhubeka nokufunda ukudweba eWimbledon School of Art kanye ne-typography eCentral School of Art and Design eLondon. Ebhaliselwe ukwenza umsebenzi kazwelonke njengomdwebi webhodi lezimpawu ekuqaleni kwawo-50, uBriggs waqhubeka nezifundo zakhe zokudweba eSlade School of Fine Art, University College London, waphothula ngo-1957.

Ngokushesha wasebenza njengomdwebi wezincwadi zezingane, ikakhulukazi ku-anthology ye-Cornish Fairy Tales yango-1958. Peter kanye Piskies (nguRuth Manning-Sanders), futhi waduma ngokunconywa umgijimi ophume isibili ngeNdondo ka-Kate Greenway ka-1964 (ngokuqoqa imilolozelo yasenkulisa. I-Fi Fo Ukubhema Izinga) kanye nokunqoba ngo-1966 Umcebo kamama Goose, ebifaka imibala engaphezu kuka-800 kaBriggs. Ngalesi sikhathi, waqala ukufundisa imidwebo ngezikhathi ezithile eBrighton School of Art, lapho afundisa khona kwaze kwaba ngu-1986.

Ikhefu lokuqala elikhulu lika-Briggs njengomdwebi wezithombe kwakuyizihloko ezimbili zamaholide ezanyatheliswa ngu-Hamish Hamilton equkethe i-St. Nick enyanyekayo eyanyatheliswa ngo-1973 kanye no-'75, kamuva eyahlanganiswa yaba isipesheli sopopayi sika-4 Channel 1991. USanta Claus, ekhiqizwe nguJohn Coates. Enye yezincwadi zezithombe zikaBriggs 'Hamilton, I-mushroom i-Boogeyman (1977) mayelana ne-monster yesigaba sabasebenzi, yashintshwa yaba izipesheli ezimbili ezihlukene eziyingxube ezintathu; eyokuqala ngo-2004 (BBC) neyokugcina ye-Sky1 ngo-2015, elandiswe ngu-Andy Serkis futhi yakhiqizwa isitudiyo sakhe se-mo-cap i-Imaginarium.

Mhlawumbe umsebenzi owaziwa kakhulu womculi, I-Snowman yashicilelwa ngo-1978 (i-Hamilton/Random House e-US) u-Briggs wathi ngemva kokusebenza “ngodaka, i-slime namagama” Isikhunta, wayefuna okuthile "okuhlanzekile, okuhle, okusha nokungenamagama futhi okusheshayo". Imifanekiso yekhrayoni yepensela ehlukile yezincwadi yashintshwa ngokwethembeka yaba ifilimu ye-TV yesigamu sehora eyawina i-BAFTA futhi yaqokwa u-Oscar ngo-1982. Ifilimu yakhiqizwa u-Coates we-TVC futhi yaqondiswa u-Dianne Jackson, eqondiswa u-Jimmy T. Murakami.

I-Snowman ihlala iyisiko lamaholide elithandwayo kukho kokubili ukuphrinta nokugqwayiza, futhi yenza uhlu lwe-BFI lwezinhlelo zikamabonakude zase-Bhrithani ezihamba phambili ezingu-100 ngo-2000. Isiteshi 25's esikhethekile semizuzu engama-4 I-snowman kanye ne-snowdogekhiqizwe yiLupus Films, yakhululwa ngo-2012 ukugubha iminyaka engu-30 yefilimu yokuqala futhi yanikezelwa enkumbulweni kaCoates, oshonile izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuqala kwayo.

Ngawo-80, uBriggs waqala ukwandisa umsebenzi wakhe kuzindikimba eziningi zabantu abadala, njengoba kubonakala ku Umnumzane Jim (1980) nokulandelana kwayo, Lapho umoya uvunguza (1982), ecabanga ngokuhlaselwa kwenuzi yaseSoviet ngeso lombhangqwana osewathatha umhlalaphansi emaphandleni aseNgilandi futhi yenziwa ifilimu epopayi ngo-1986, eyaqondiswa u-Murakami, ekhiqizwe u-Coates futhi okulingisa kuyo u-Peggy Ashcroft no-John Mills.

Ngo-1998 washicilela iBriggs U-Ethel no-Ernest: indaba eyiqiniso ngeCape Jomnathan. Inoveli eyisithombe ethinta inhliziyo ilandisa ngendaba yempilo yabazali bakaBriggs - u-Ernest, usobisi, kanye no-Ethel, owayeyincekukazi yentokazi - behlanganisa izikhathi ezikhumbulekayo kusukela eminyakeni yabo bendawonye kusukela emhlanganweni wabo wokuqala ngo-1928 kuze kube sekufeni kwabo ngo-1971 I-biography enezithombe yawina iBritish. Indondo Yencwadi futhi yenziwa ifilimu edwetshwe ngesandla Ethel kanye no Ernest ngo-2016, ekhiqizwe yi-Lupus Films, i-Melusine ne-Cloth Cat, eqondiswa uRoger Mainwood futhi edlala uBrenda Blethyn noJim Broadbent.

Briggs Izincwadi Zezingane Ibhere e Ivor Ongabonakali ziphinde zashintshwa njengezipesheli zikamabonakude ezipopayi, ngo-1998 nango-2001, ngokulandelana. Incwadi yakhe yokugcina eshicilelwe, Amanothi avela kusofa, ikhishwe ilebula exhaswe yisixuku ethi Unbound ngo-2015. Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe, uBriggs usezuze izindondo ezimbili ze-Kate Greenaway (nababili abaphume isibili), ama-British Book Awards amabili, nezinye izindondo eziningi. Wangeniswa eHholo Lodumo LaseBritish Comic Awards ngo-2012 futhi waqokwa njengoMkhuzi we-Order of the British Empire (CBE) ngo-2017.

Umbhali ongasekho washonelwa ngumkakhe, uJean (1973), kanye nozakwabo osenesikhathi eside, uLiz (2015). Ngesikhathi eshona, wayehlala eWestmeston, eSussex.

[Umthombo: BBC, The New York Times]