Tuesday, May 08, 2012
[Author Obit] Maurice Sendak (1928 - 2012)
Children's fiction author and illustrator Maurice Sendak passed away Tuesday at the
age of 83.
From the New York Times:
"Roundly praised, intermittently censored and occasionally
eaten, Mr. Sendak’s books were essential ingredients of childhood for the
generation born after 1960 or thereabouts, and in turn for their children. He
was known in particular for more than a dozen picture books he wrote and
illustrated himself, most famously “Where the Wild Things Are,” which was
simultaneously genre-breaking and career-making when it was published by Harper
& Row in 1963." Click for the full article
From NPR's Fresh Air:
"Over the course of his career, his children's books received numerous awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. Playwright Tony Kushner later called Sendak 'one of the most important, if not the most important, writers and artists to ever work in children's literature. In fact, he's a significant writer and artist in literature. Period.'"
Browse the library catalog to find books written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak
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