Maurice Sendak
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012)
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.
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Carole KingAlso in Alligators All Around (1962)
Peter SchickeleAlso in In The Night Kitchen (1987)
Chris CooperAlso in Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Lauren AmbroseAlso in Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Tomi UngererAlso in Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012)
Hermione GingoldAlso in Simple Gifts (1977)About this person
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.
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