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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Sendak

“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 ● Mar. 23, 2024

Sendak, one of the world’s most famous children’s authors, died in 2012 at age 83.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

The quintet went on to perform its very normally named songs “I’ll Be Your Monster,” which they dedicated to “Where the Wild Things Are” author Maurice Sendak, and “Ratcatcher.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

Some parts of the country have become pen-shop deserts, said Jonathan Weinberg, an artist and curator of the Maurice Sendak Foundation in Ridgefield, Conn., a state where he knows of no pen shops.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023

Her teeth were jagged and gappy, like those of a Sendak creature.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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