# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-sendak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:12:20.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-sendak"
name: "Maurice Sendak"
slug: "maurice-sendak"
description: "Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Sendak illustrated his own books as well as those by other authors, such as the Little Bear series by Else Holmelund Minarik. He achieved acclaim with Where the Wild Things Are (1963), the first of a trilogy followed by In the Night Kitchen (1970) and Outside Over There (1981). He also designed sets for operas, notably Mozart's The Magic Flute."
tagline: "American illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Maurice-Sendak_portrait2.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-06-10"
deathDate: "2012-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.734491315136475
  historical:           24.45682
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    url:       "https://www.mauricesendak.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump