British illustrator Raymond Briggs died - Wolfgang Hampel, 'Satire is my favorite animal', new Betty MacDonald biography, Request for support of our projects

British illustrator Raymond Briggs died - Wolfgang Hampel, 'Satire is my favorite animal', new Betty MacDonald biography, Request for support of our projects dpa British illustrator and author Raymond Briggs is dead. The publisher Penguin Random House, citing Briggs' family, said he died on Tuesday morning at the age of 88. Illustrator and author Raymond Briggs died at the age of 88. The Briton is best known for his illustration of a snowman in the children's book of the same name, which was published in 1978 and has sold 5.5 million copies worldwide. "We know that Raymond's books have been loved by millions of people around the world who will be saddened to hear this news," the family said in a statement. Briggs hung drawings of fans, especially children, on his wall and really appreciated them. "He has shared his humor and weirdness with his family and circle of artist friends - at get-togethers, dress-up parties and summer picnics in the garden." In the 1980s, in addition to children's books, Briggs' work "When the wind blows" about the fate of an elderly couple before and after a nuclear disaster caused a great stir. "Raymond's books are visual masterpieces that raise some of the most fundamental questions of what it means to be human, and appeal to adults and children alike with illustrations and a remarkable economy of words," said Francesca Dow, editor at Penguin Random House for Children's Books is responsible, in a statement. Briggs will leave a big void. -------------------------------------------------- ----- Wolfgang Hampel and the Betty MacDonald fan club are working on a new biography of the famous humorist Betty MacDonald, bestselling author of 'The Egg and I'. The biography contains a lot of fascinating information. We kept getting asked about Dorita Hess. This secret is finally revealed in the new Betty MacDonald biography. The Heidelberg author Wolfgang Hampel, Betty MacDonald fan club and the Vita Magica team support Ukraine and cultural institutions with donations, book sales of 'Satire is my favorite animal' and events. We ask you to support our projects by buying the internationally successful book 'Satire is my favorite animal'! Thanks in advance! ------------------------------ book-info national & international, Eurobuch national & international,----------------- ---- USA >, United Kingdom, Australia , Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Germany , Italy, Hungary , Japan, , Japan, Netherlands , Spain, Switzerland , Switzerland -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Wolfgang Hampel on the SWR 3 TV show HERZSCHLAG-MOMENTE on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 9:50 p.m.