Sendak

American  

[sen-dak] / ˈsɛn dæk /

noun

1. Maurice (Bernard), 1928–2012, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.

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Sendak British  

/ ˈsɛndæk /

noun

1. Maurice ( Bernard ). 1928–2012, US artist, writer, and set designer, best known as an illustrator of children's books, including Where the Wild Things Are (1963), which he also wrote, In the Night Kitchen (1971), and Nutcracker (1984)

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Example Sentences

Ms. Hogrogian was a close friend of the renowned illustrators Maurice Sendak and Ezra Jack Keats, and like them she drew on the old-world European artistry and traditions of her immigrant family to broaden American children’s literature starting in the 1960s.

From New York Times

Before his disappearance, Edgar, who is known around the studio and has precocious art skills, drew up plans for a new “walk-around” puppet, a furry blue monster he calls Eric — a blend of a Maurice Sendak Wild Thing, Sulley from “Monsters, Inc.” and the Muppets’ Sweetums — in hopes it will help save “Good Day Sunshine.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Babar,” Maurice Sendak said, “is at the very heart of my conception of what turns a picture book into a work of art.”

From New York Times

On a frigid Wednesday afternoon, sunbeams poured into Maurice Sendak’s studio in Ridgefield, Conn., crisscrossing one another with the precision and warmth of the children’s books that were born in this room.

From New York Times

Sendak died almost 12 years ago, but his studio is exactly as he left it.

From New York Times