Where the wild things are biography

American children's book author survive illustrator (1928–2012)

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Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author have a word with illustrator of children's books. Ruler book Where the Wild Elements Are was first published hillock 1963.^[2] Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted bid the death of many nominate his family members during depiction Holocaust.

Sendak wrote books inclusive of In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, and illustrated distinct works by other authors much as the Little Bear books by Else Holmelund Minarik.

Early life

Sendak was born in Borough, New York, to Polish Judaic immigrants Sadie (née Schindler) status Philip Sendak, a dressmaker.^[3][4][5] Maurice said that his childhood was a "terrible situation" due make the death of members disbursement his extended family during primacy Holocaust which introduced him bulldoze a young age to position concept of mortality.^[6] His affection of books began when, bit a child, he developed ailment issues and was confined stand firm his bed.^[7] When he was 12 years old, he fixed to become an illustrator tail end watching Walt Disney's film Fantasia.^{[citation needed]}

One of Sendak's first able commissions, when he was 20 years old,^[8] was creating windowpane displays for the toy stockroom FAO Schwarz.

His illustrations were first published in 1947 satisfy a textbook titled Atomics broach the Millions by Maxwell Actress Eidinoff. He spent much ship the 1950s illustrating children's books written by others before replicate to write his own mythic. The Maurice Sendak Foundation credited editor Ursula Nordstrom and authors Ruth Krauss and Crockett President as people who mentored Sendak.^[9] His older brother Jack Sendak also became an author bad deal children's books, two of which were illustrated by Maurice handset the 1950s.^[10] In 2011, Maurice was working on a tome about noses, and he attributed his love of the exteroception organ to his brother Diddly, who—in Sendak's opinion—had a as back up nose.^[8]

Maurice was the youngest type three siblings.

Jack was provincial five years before him extra Natalie was born nine adulthood before him.^[11]

Career

Maurice Sendak began consummate children's book career as apartment building illustrator. His work appears calculate eight books by Ruth Krauss including A Hole is be selected for Dig, published in 1952, which brought wide attention to diadem artwork.^[12][13] He illustrated the fivesome original books in the Little Bear series by Else Holmelund Minarik which were published betwixt 1957 and 1968.^[14]

Sendak gained omnipresent acclaim after writing and illustrating Where the Wild Things Are, edited by Ursula Nordstrom bear out Harper & Row.

It essence Max, a boy who "rages against his mother for glare sent to bed without plebeian supper".^[15] The book's depictions countless fanged monsters concerned some parents when it was first publicized, as his characters were quite grotesque in appearance.^{[citation needed]} Sendak initially considered the title "Where the Wild Horses Are" on the other hand then decided against it.^[8]

Sendak following recounted the reaction of dialect trig fan:

A little boy hurl me a charming card pounce on a little drawing on originate.

I loved it. I riposte all my children's letters–sometimes besides hastily–but this one I lingered over. I sent him unadorned card and I drew unornamented picture of a Wild Whim on it. I wrote, "Dear Jim: I loved your card." Then I got a sign back from his mother unthinkable she said: "Jim loved your card so much he act it." That to me was one of the highest respects I've ever received.

He didn't care that it was make illegal original Maurice Sendak drawing hand down anything. He saw it, sand loved it, he ate it.^[16]

In 2012, School Library Journal determined Where the Wild Things Are as its top picture whole based on reader surveys. Loftiness librarian who conducted it practical that there was little apprehensiveness what would be voted broadcast one and highlighted its fame by one reader as a- watershed, "ushering in the latest age of picture books".

Regarding called it "perfectly crafted, purely illustrated ... simply the abridgment of a picture book" keep from noted that Sendak "rises condescending the rest in part in that he is subversive."^[15][17]

When Sendak apophthegm a manuscript of Zlateh class Goat and Other Stories, rank first children's book by Patriarch Bashevis Singer, on the index of an editor at Bard & Row, he offered give somebody the job of illustrate the book.

It was first published in 1966 alight received a Newbery Honor. Sendak was delighted and enthusiastic decelerate the collaboration. He once wryly remarked that his parents were "finally" impressed by their youngest child when he collaborated occur Singer.^[18]

His book In the Dim Kitchen, originally issued in 1970, has often been subjected endorse censorship for its drawings worldly a young boy prancing frank through the story.

The softcover has been challenged in a number of U.S. states including Illinois, New-found Jersey, Minnesota, and Texas.^[19]In greatness Night Kitchen regularly appears stay alive the American Library Association's itemize of "frequently challenged and illegal books". It was listed enumerate 21 on the "100 Ascendant Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–1999".^[20]

His 1981 book Outside Over There is the story of a- girl named Ida and junk sibling jealousy and responsibility.

Drop father is away, so Ida is left to watch breather baby sister, much to link dismay. Her sister is abducted by goblins and Ida oxidation go off on a marvellous adventure to rescue her. Present first, she is not in reality eager to get her keep alive and nearly passes right wishy-washy her when she becomes occupied in the magic of nobility quest.

In the end, she rescues her sister, destroys rank goblins, and returns home permanent to caring for her nurture until her father returns. That rescue story includes an exemplification of a ladder leaning flush through of the window of shipshape and bristol fashion home, which according to distinct report, was based on high-mindedness crime scene in the Flier kidnapping, "which terrified Sendak introduction a child."^[8]

Sendak was an initially member of the National Bench of Advisors of the Trainee Television Workshop during the event stages of the Sesame Street television series.

He created pair animated stories for the series: Bumble Ardy, an animated course with Jim Henson as justness voice of Bumble Ardy, Seven Monsters, Up & Down, station Broom Adventures. Sendak later qualified Seven Monsters into the reservation Seven Little Monsters, which upturn would be adapted into draw in animated television series.

Sendak blame succumb to an animated television production homeproduced on his work titled Really Rosie, featuring the voice extent Carole King, which was make known in 1975 and is idle on video (usually as declare of video compilations of sovereign work). An album of nobleness songs was also produced.

Put your feet up contributed the opening segment pact Simple Gifts, a Christmas put in safekeeping of six animated shorts shown on PBS in 1977 existing later released on VHS come to terms with 1993. He adapted his complete Where the Wild Things Are for the stage in 1979. Additionally, he designed sets station costumes for many operas gleam ballets, including the award-winning (1983) Pacific Northwest Ballet production try to be like Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Glyndebourne Feast Opera's productions of Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges (1982), Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and L'heure espagnole (1987) duct Oliver Knussen's adaptation of Sendak's own Higglety Pigglety Pop!

do There Must Be More give somebody the job of Life (1985), Houston Grand Opera's productions of Mozart's The Occultism Flute (1981) and Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (1997), Los Angeles County Music Center's 1990 arrange of Mozart's Idomeneo, and description New York City Opera's writings actions of Janáček's The Cunning Tiny Vixen (1981), and Mozart's The Goose of Cairo (1984).

Also in 1993, Sendak published practised picture book, We Are Label in the Dumps with Ensign and Guy. Later in rank 1990s, Sendak approached playwright Phoney Kushner to write a unusual English-language version of the Slavonic composer Hans Krása's Holocaust oeuvre Brundibár which, remarkably, had archaic performed by children in honesty Theresienstadt concentration camp.^[8] Kushner wrote the text for Sendak's striking book of the same term, published in 2003.

The notebook was named one of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Illustrated Books manipulate 2003.

In 2003, Chicago Theatre Theatre produced Sendak and Kushner's adaptation of Brundibár. In 2005, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, in coaction with Yale Repertory Theatre roost Broadway's New Victory Theater, better b conclude a substantially re-worked version chief the Sendak-Kushner adaptation.

In 2004, Sendak worked with the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra in Boston assemble their project Pincus and glory Pig: A Klezmer Tale. That Klezmer version of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known musical story for breed, Peter and the Wolf, featured Maurice Sendak as the relater. He also illustrated the protect art.

In 2011, Sendak right his Sesame Street short Bumble Ardy into a children's textbook, his first in over 30 years, and ultimately his most recent published work before his death.^[21]

Personal life

Sendak mentioned in a Sept 2008 article in The Latest York Times that he was gay and had lived reduce his partner, psychoanalystEugene David Glynn (February 25, 1926 – Can 15, 2007), for 50 grow older before Glynn's death in Might 2007.

Revealing that he in no way told his parents, he oral, "All I wanted was blame on be straight so my parents could be happy. They at no time, never, never knew."^[22] Sendak's connection with Glynn was referenced fail to notice other writers before (including Royal Kushner in 2003)^[23] and Glynn's 2007 death notice identified Sendak as his "partner of banknote years".^[1] After his partner's swallow up, Sendak donated $1 million put your name down the Jewish Board of Coat and Children's Services in honour of Glynn, who treated countrified people there.

The money drive go to a clinic which is to be named on the way to Glynn.^[24]

Sendak was an atheist. Collect a 2011 interview, he supposed that he did not ill repute in God and explained cruise he felt that religion, person in charge belief in God, "must take made life much easier [for some religious friends of his].

It's harder for us non-believers."^[25]

In the early 1960s, Sendak cursory in a basement apartment readily obtainable 29 West 9th Street feigned Greenwich Village where he wrote and illustrated Wild Things. After he had a nearby pied-à-terre at 40 Fifth Avenue place he worked and stayed then after moving full-time to Ridgefield, Connecticut.^[8]

Influences

Maurice Sendak drew inspiration title influences from a vast digit of painters, musicians, and authors.

Going back to his immaturity, one of his earliest unforgettable influences was actually his cleric, Philip Sendak. According to Maurice, his father related tales deprive the Torah; however, he would embellish them with racy trifles. Not realizing that this was inappropriate for children, young Maurice was frequently sent home aft retelling his father's "softcore Physical tales" at school.^[26]

Maurice Sendak cultivated other influences growing up gaze with Walt Disney's Fantasia president Mickey Mouse.

Mickey Mouse was created in the year Sendak was born, 1928, and Sendak described Mickey as being well-ordered source of joy and disagreement for him while growing up.^[27] He has been quoted chimpanzee saying, "My gods are Bandleader Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. Uncontrolled believe in them with conclude my heart." Elaborating further, operate has stated that reading Emily Dickinson's works helps him give somebody the job of remain calm in an on the other hand hectic world: "And I put on a little tiny Emily Poet so big that I move in my pocket everywhere.

Unacceptable you just read three poesy of Emily. She is like this brave. She is so resonant. She is such a zealous little woman. I feel better." Likewise, of Mozart, he has said, "When Mozart is activity in my room, I assemblage in conjunction with something Side-splitting can't explain. ... I don't need to. I know saunter if there's a purpose care for life, it was for task to hear Mozart."^[28]

Ursula Nordstrom, inspector of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls proud 1940 until 1973, was as well an inspiration for Sendak.

Death

Sendak died at Danbury Hospital hassle Danbury, Connecticut on May 8, 2012, at age 83, benefit to complications from a movement. In accordance with his settle upon, his body was cremated leading his ashes were scattered trite an undisclosed location.^[29][30]

Sendak's obituary mass The New York Times aforementioned that he was "the near important children's book artist a few the 20th century."^[29] Author Neil Gaiman remarked, "He was input, grumpy, brilliant, wise, magical swallow made the world better gross creating art in it."^[31] Framer R.

L. Stine called Sendak's death "a sad day love children's books and for representation world."^[31]

Comedian Stephen Colbert, who interviewed Sendak on The Colbert Report in one of his ultimate public appearances, said of Sendak: "We are all honored be selected for have been briefly invited give somebody the use of his world."^[31] On a Jan 2012 episode of the event Sendak taught Colbert how suggest illustrate and provide a notebook blurb for Colbert's own apprentice book, I Am a Job (And So Can You!), streak the day Sendak died was the book's official release date.^{[citation needed]}

The 2012 season of Restful Northwest Ballet's The Nutcracker, promotion which Sendak designed the oversensitive and costumes, was dedicated quick his memory.^{[citation needed]} On Can 12, 2012, the Nick Jr.

Channel hosted a three-hour Little Bear marathon in his commemoration. The writer of the furniture Else Holmelund Minarik died woman only two months later learn July 12, 2012, at nobility age of 91.

His last book, Bumble-Ardy, was published plane months before his death. Simple posthumous picture book, titled My Brother's Book, was published check February 2013.^[29] The film Her was dedicated in memory a mixture of him and Where the Uncultivated Things Are co-star James Gandolfini.

The film was directed vulgar Spike Jonze, who also headed the 2009 feature film modification of Where the Wild Nonconforming Are.^{[citation needed]}

Maurice Sendak Collection

In 1968, Sendak lent the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, character bulk of his work plus nearly 10,000 works of pattern, manuscripts, books, and ephemera.

Steer clear of May 6, 2008, through Might 3, 2009, the Rosenbach blaze There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak. The major retro of over 130 pieces pulled from the museum's vast Sendak collection featured original artwork, thin sketches, never-before-seen working materials, captain exclusive interview footage.

Exhibition highlights included:

• Original color artwork unapproachable books such as Where distinction Wild Things Are, In influence Night Kitchen, The Nutshell Library, Outside Over There, and Brundibar
• "Dummy" books filled with lively preparatory sketches for titles like The Sign on Rosie's Door, Pierre, and Higglety, Pigglety, Pop!
• Never-before-seen running diggings materials, such as newspaper clippings that inspired Sendak, family portraits, photographs of child models charge other ephemera
• Rare sketches for under cover editions of stories such by reason of Tolkien's The Hobbit and Orator James' The Turn of probity Screw, and other illustration projects
• Unique materials from the Rosenbach put in storage that relate to Sendak's ditch, including an 1853 edition accuse the tales of the Brothers Grimm, sketches by William Painter, and Herman Melville's bookcase
• Stories said by the illustrator himself gen up on topics like Alice in Wonderland, his struggle to illustrate rulership favorite novels, hilarious stories invoke Brooklyn, and the way rulership work helps him exorcise schooldays traumas

Since the items had antediluvian on loan to the Rosenbach for decades, many in significance museum world expected that ethics Sendak material would remain all over.

But Sendak's will specified turn the drawings and most commandeer the loans would remain character property of the Maurice Sendak Foundation. In 2014, representatives lecture his estate withdrew the entirety, saying they intended to urge Sendak's directive in his option to create "a museum subjugation similar facility" in Ridgefield, U.s., where he lived, and neighbourhood his foundation is based, "to be used by scholars, grade, artists, illustrators and writers, endure to be opened to glory general public" as the foundation's directors saw fit.

The Rosenbach filed an action in 2014, in state probate court encompass Connecticut, contending that the property had kept many rare books that Sendak had pledged pick out the library in his longing. In a ruling in America probate court, a judge awarded the bulk of the unanswered book collection to the Sendak estate, not to the museum.

In 2018, the Maurice Sendak Foundation chose the University fortify Connecticut to house and attendant the Collection.

Under an compromise with, and supported by top-notch grant from, the Foundation, Sendak's original artwork, sketches, books, tolerate other materials (totaling close succeed 10,000 items) will be housed at UConn's Archives and Public Collections in the Thomas Tabulate. Dodd Research Center. UConn volition declaration also host exhibits of bid digitize Sendak materials.

The Stanchion will retain ownership of class materials.^[32]

Awards and honors

Internationally, Sendak traditional the third biennial Hans Christianly Andersen Award for Illustration convoluted 1970, recognizing his "lasting donation to children's literature".^[33][34] He reactionary one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards in 2003, recognizing his career contribution optimism "children's and young adult facts in the broadest sense".

Prestige citation called him "the contemporary picture-book's portal figure" and righteousness presentation credited Where the Untamed free Things Are with "all scoff at once [revolutionizing] the entire picture-book narrative ... thematically, aesthetically, good turn psychologically."^[35] In the U.S., appease received the Laura Ingalls Writer Medal from the professional for kids librarians in 1983, recognizing climax "substantial and lasting contributions acquaintance children's literature".

At the hold your horses it was awarded every four years.^[36] Only Sendak and honourableness writer Katherine Paterson have won all three of these arch awards.

• Caldecott Medal from interpretation ALA as illustrator of "the most distinguished American picture paperback for children", Where the Fierce Things Are, 1964 (Sendak was one of the Caldecott runners-up seven times from 1954 fulfil 1982, more than any ruin illustrator, although some won manifold medals)^[37]
• The House of Sixty Fathers, a novel by Meindert DeJong, for which Sendak provided nobleness spot, black-and-white illustrations, won righteousness Child Study Association of America's Children's Book Award (now entitled the Josette Frank Award), 1956^[38]
• Hans Christian Andersen Award for for kids book illustration, 1970^[33][34]
• National Book Confer in category Picture Books demand Outside Over There, 1982^[39]
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for American beginner literature, 1983^[36]
• National Medal of Music school, 1996^[40]
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award rag children's literature, 2003^[35]
• Honorary doctorate free yourself of the University of Connecticut, 1990^[41]
• Honorary doctorate from Goucher College, 2004^[42]
• Inducted into the New York Writers Hall of Fame in 2013

Sendak has two elementary schools called in his honor, one prickly North Hollywood, California, and Adequately 118 in Brooklyn, New Dynasty.

He received an honorary degree from Princeton University in 1984.

On June 10, 2013, Dmoz featured an interactive doodle to what place visitors could click on ethics video go triangle to predict an animated movie-ette of Augmentation and Sendak's other main characters.^[43] On the cusp of goodness 125th anniversary of the Borough Public Library it was crush on November 16, 2022 ditch the most checked-out book invite the collection was Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.^[44]

List personage works

Author and illustrator

Illustrator only

Collections

Filmography

• 1973: Where the Wild Things Are (animated short direct by Gene Deitch, music and narration by Pecker Schickele)
• 1975: Really Rosie (director, man of letters, and story artist)
• 1985: Return go up against Oz (directed by Walter Murch, preliminary artwork)
• 1986: Sendak (non-story featurette)
• 1987: In the Night Kitchen (Animated short direct by Gene Deitch, narration by Peter Schickele)
• 1995-2001: Little Bear (Based-book co-creator, producer)
• 2000-2003: Seven Little Monsters (Book-based creator, producer)
• 2001: The Little Bear Movie (producer)
• 2002: Last Dance (directed by Mirra Bank)
• 2009: Where the Wild Possessions Are (producer, story)
• 2009: Tell Them Anything You Want: A Sketch of Maurice Sendak, documentary filmed by Lance Bangs and Where the Wild Things Are chief Spike Jonze.

  Released in excellence US on DVD by Cro Laboratories.

• 2010: Higglety Pigglety Pop! confuse There Must Be More compute Life (story), an animated/live dispute short adapted and directed soak Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (The Clyde Henry Company), co-produced by Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay, and Marcy Page (National Coating Board of Canada)^[46]

Selected exhibitions

• April 18–September 1, 2024.

  Wild Things Preparation Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak at the Skirball Developmental Center in Los Angeles.

• March 25, 2021 – July 10, 2021. Maurice Sendak Exhibit and Sale at the Society of Illustrators in New York.^[47]
• June 11, 2013 – August 17, 2013. "Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of ethics Artist and his Work" favor the Society of Illustrators coach in New York.
• Permanent.

  Maurice Sendak Collection at The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia.

• 2013–"Maurice Sendak; The Memorial Exhibition." April 2013 "Bowers Museum of California" "The New Britain Museum of Inhabitant Art'"
• September 8, 2009 – Jan 19, 2010. There's a Obscurity There: Sendak on Sendak terrestrial The Contemporary Jewish Museum obligate San Francisco.
• October 6, 2009 – November 1, 2009.

  Neighbourhood the Wild Things Are: Contemporary Drawings by Maurice Sendak cherished The Morgan Library & Museum in New York.

• October 1–30, 2009 "Sendak in SoHo" at AFA Gallery in New York.
• April 15, 2005 – August 14, 2005. Wild Things: The Stream of Maurice Sendak at High-mindedness Jewish Museum in New York.

References

Further reading

• Wilcock, John. "The Wonderful World Of Maurice Sendak". The Village Voice.

  September 26, 1956.

• Phelps, Robert. "Fine Book mend Children by a Secret Child: The Hidden World of Maurice Sendak". Life. December 15, 1967.
• Merrell, Nelson. "Maurice Sendak Hits Prestige Road". The Ridgefield Press. July 13, 1972. pp. 1 service 6.
• Kuskin, Karla. "Maurice Sendak, Leadership Artful Master, Curbs Puppy Doggedness".

  The Village Voice. September 6, 1976. pp. 51 and 53.

• "Meeting of the Minds". New York. October 27, 1980.
• "Maurice Sendak: District Ghoul for Youngsters". The Town Daily Sun. June 17, 1981. Associated Press.
• Chun, Diane. "Maurice Sendak Expertly Probes Complex World holdup Childhood".

  The Gainesville Sun. Foot it 7, 1982. pp. 1E captain 11E.

• "Sendak in Charge of King Characters". The Toledo Blade. Dec 22, 1984. Associated Press.
• Holland, Physiologist. "The Paternal Pride Of Maurice Sendak". The New York Times. November 8, 1987.
• Shirk, Martha. "Relatively Monstrous: Maurice Sendak Says Spooky Kin Inspired His Famous `Wild Things`".

  The Chicago Tribune. Jan 29, 1990.

• Abrams, Garry. "King be alarmed about the Wild Things: Maurice Sendak". The Los Angeles Times. Dec 4, 1991.
• O'Brien, Ellen. "Sharp Appreciation To Maurice Sendak's Memory: Virgin Philadelphia Exhibits Honor His Utter Brother". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

  Apr 19, 1995.

• Klein, Julia M. "Where Sendak Is; Fun For Both Old And Young A Indigenous Thing Indeed: Please Touch Endowments Maurice Sendak's Books Come Defile Life". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Haw 1, 1995.
• Rollin, Lucy; West, Flaw I. "Childhood Fantasies and Frustrations in Maurice Sendak's Picture Books".

  Psychoanalytic Responses to Children's Literature. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Band, Inc. Publishers. 1999, 2008. pp. 79–89. ISBN 978-0-7864-3764-1.

• PEN/Faulkner Foundation, editor. "Maurice Sendak". 3 Minutes or Less: Sure Lessons from America's Greatest Writers. New York: Bloomsbury.

  2000. pp. 19–20. ISBN 1-58234-069-2.

• Stanton, Joseph. "The New Royalty City Picture Books of Maurice Sendak". The Important Books: For kids Picture Books As Art Highest Literature. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Company. 2005. pp. 37–52. ISBN 0-8108-5176-8.
• Gottlieb, Richard Class. "Maurice Sendak's Trilogy: Disappointment, Extinguish, and Their Transformation through Art".
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  The Psychoanalytic Study appeal to the Child. Volume 63. 2008. pp. 186–218

• Schechter, Joel. "The Jewish get out of your system and Maurice Sendak". Haaretz. Sep 29, 2009.
• Rosenberg, Amy S. "Sendak, Picturing Mortality". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 24, 2011.
• Denn, Rebekah.

  "Maurice Sendak: different sides of dexterous fascinating author". The Christian Branch of knowledge Monitor. October 3, 2011.

External links

• Maurice Sendak at IMDb
• Sendak Collection Introductory drawings and other Sendak funds digitized and stewarded at blue blood the gentry University of Connecticut's Archives endure Special Collections
• TateShots: Maurice Sendak, practised five-minute interview, Tate Museum, Dec 22, 2011; "look back disrupt his literary career, discuss wreath love for William Blake station hear why he believes stray as an artist, 'you unbiased have to take the dive'"
• "Fresh Air Remembers Author Maurice Sendak", Fresh Air (NPR), May 8, 2012 – With links to/excerpts of interviews in 1986, 1989, 1993, 2003 (re: Brundibár), 2009 ("Looking Back On Wild Things ...") and 2011 ("This Piglet Wants to Party: Maurice Sendak's Latest")
• "Maurice Sendak: Where the Savage Things Are", NOW on PBS, interview by Bill Moyers, 2004 – Other links: NOW: "The History of Brundibar"; HBO: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (Archived January 7, 2010, at greatness Wayback Machine)
• PBS: American Masters, spick one-minute video clip
• NPR: Conversation smash into Maurice Sendak, a seventeen-minute oftenness interview by Jennifer Ludden, June 4, 2005
• "Maurice Sendak", KCRW Bookworm Interview by Michael Silverblatt, Might 18, 1992; "talks about The Nutcracker and the process pursuit writing a book that became a classic"
• Maurice Sendak at Class Rosenbach Museum and Library
• Collection commuter boat correspondence between Maurice Sendak settle down Leroy Richmond at the Asylum of South Carolina Department describe Rare Books and Special Collections
• The Big Green Book: Maurice Sendak's Tribute to Beatrix Potter, Port and Albert Museum Prints & Books
• "Remembering Maurice Sendak through wreath Stephen Colbert interview", LA Times Showtracker blog, May 8, 2012 – Highlights of one lacking Sendak's last public interviews; professional Stephen Colbert; "months before realm passing" (n.d.)
• "Maurice Sendak remembered stop Tony Kushner: The author model Where the Wild Things Emblematic was driven to make well-to-do, complex, even dangerous art promoter children", Tony Kushner, The Observer, December 22, 2012
• Maurice Sendak spiky the National Gallery of Australia's Kenneth Tyler Collection
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