Maurice Sendak
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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Brooklyn
- Educated at
- Lafayette High SchoolArt Students League of New York
- Awards
- 🏆 Library of Congress Living Legend🏆 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration🏆 honorary Royal Designer for Industry🏆 Q137392788🏆 Children's Literature Legacy Award
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all."
"When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children."
"One of the few graces of getting old — and God knows there are few graces — is that if you’ve worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone, something happens: The body gets old but the creative me…"
"Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sentimentalize children, but they know what's real and what's not. They understand meta…"
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Timeline
1928
Born
Birth2012
Died
Death
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