Maurice Sendak
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| period = 1947 - present
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'''Maurice Bernard Sendak''' (born [[June 10]], [[1928]]) is an American [[writer]] and [[illustrator]] of [[children's literature]] who is best known for his book ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]],'' published in 1963. An elementary school (from kindergarten to grade five) in [[North Hollywood]], [[California]] is named in his honor.
Sendak was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], to [[Polish-Jewish]] immigrant parents, and decided to become an illustrator after viewing [[Walt Disney]]'s film ''[[Fantasia (movie)|Fantasia]]'' at the age of twelve. His illustrations were first published in 1947 in a textbook titled ''Atomics for the Millions'' by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff. He spent much of the 1950s working as an artist for [[children's books]], before beginning to write his own stories.
==Acclaim==
Sendak gained international acclaim after writing and illustrating ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]],'' though the book's depictions of fanged monsters concerned parents when it was first released, as his characters were somewhat [[grotesque]] in appearance. Sendak's seeming attraction to the forbidden or nightmarish aspects of children's fantasy have made him a subject of controversy.
Sendak’s book ''[[In the Night Kitchen]],'' first published in 1970, has often been subjected to [[censorship]] for its drawings of a young boy prancing naked through the story. The book has been challenged, and in some instances banned, in several American states including [[Illinois]], [[New Jersey]], [[Minnesota]], and [[Texas]].
''In the Night Kitchen'' regularly appears on the [[American Library Association]]'s list of "frequently challenged and banned books." It was listed number 25 on the "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000."<ref> [http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000] American Library Association</ref>
==Beyond illustration==
Sendak was an early member of the National Board of Advisors for the [[Children's Television Workshop]] during the development stages of the [[television]] series ''[[Sesame Street]].'' He also wrote and designed an animated sequence for the series, ''Bumble Ardy'', based on his own book, and with [[Jim Henson]] as the voice of Bumble Ardy.
Sendak produced an [[animation|animated]] television production based on his work entitled ''[[Really Rosie]],'' featuring [[Carole King]], which was broadcast in 1975 and is available on video (usually as part of video compilations of his work). An [[LP album|LP]] and later a [[CD]] of the songs were also produced. He contributed the opening segment to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258155/ ''Simple Gifts''], a Christmas collection of six animated shorts shown on PBS TV in 1977 and later issued on VHS in 1993. He adapted his book ''Where the Wild Things Are'' for the stage in 1979. Additionally, he has designed sets for many [[operas]] and [[ballets]], including the award-winning (1983) [[Pacific Northwest Ballet]] production of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' , [[Houston Grand Opera]]'s productions of [[Mozart]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' (1981) and [[Humperdinck]]'s ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' (1997), Los Angeles County Music Center's 1990 production of [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Idomeneo]]'', and [[New York City Opera]]'s 1981 production of ''[[The Cunning Little Vixen]]''.'''
In the 1990s, Sendak approached playwright [[Tony Kushner]] to write a new English version of the [[Czech people|Czech]] [[composer]] [[Hans Krása]]'s children's opera ''[[Brundibar]]''. Kushner wrote the text for Sendak's illustrated book of the same name, published in 2003. The book was named one of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Illustrated Books of that year.
In 2003, Chicago Opera Theatre produced Sendak and Kushner's adaptation of ''Brundibar''. In 2005 Berkeley Repertory Theatre, in collaboration with [[Yale]] Repertory Theater and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]'s New Victory Theater, produced a substantially reworked version of the Sendak-Kushner adaptation.
He illustrated [[Else Holmelund Minarik]]'s ''[[Little Bear (book)|Little Bear]]'' series of books, which were also made into a successful [[Little Bear (TV series)|television series]].
He created the children's television program [[Seven Little Monsters]].
== The Maurice Sendak Collection at The Rosenbach Museum & Library==
Maurice Sendak chose the [[Rosenbach Museum & Library]] in Philadelphia, PA to be the repository for his work in the early 1970s thanks to shared literary and collecting interests. His collection of nearly 10,000 works of art, manuscripts, books and ephemera, has been the subject of many exhibitions at the Rosenbach and has been enjoyed by visitors of all ages. Sendak once praised [[Herman Melville]]’s writings, saying, “There’s a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.” From May 6, 2008 through May 3, 2009, the Rosenbach will present '''''There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak'''''. This major retrospective of over 130 pieces pulled from the museum’s vast Sendak collection – the biggest collection of “Sendakiana” in the world – is the largest and most ambitious exhibition of Sendak’s work ever created and will feature original artwork, rare sketches, never-before-seen working materials and exclusive interview footage. The exhibition will draw on a total of over 300 objects, with new works on display every four months, providing a unique experience with each set of illustrations.
Exhibition highlights include:
* Original color artwork from books such as ''Where the Wild Things Are'', ''In the Night Kitchen'', ''The Nutshell Library'', ''Outside Over There'', and ''Brundibar''.
* “Dummy” books filled with lively preliminary sketches for titles like ''The Sign on Rosie’s Door'', ''Pierre'', and ''Higglety, Pigglety, Pop!''
* Never-before-seen working materials, such as newspaper clippings that inspired Sendak, family portraits, photographs of child models and other ephemera.
* Rare sketches for unpublished editions of stories such as Tolkien’s ''The Hobbit'' and Henry James’ ''The Turn of the Screw'', and other illustrating projects.
* Unique materials from the Rosenbach collection that relate to Sendak’s work, including an 1853 edition of the tales of the Brothers Grimm, sketches by William Blake, and Herman Melville’s bookcase.
* Stories told by the master illustrator himself on topics like ''Alice in Wonderland'', his struggle to illustrate his favorite novels, hilarious stories of Brooklyn, and the way his work helps him exorcise childhood traumas.
==Awards==
''Where the Wild Things Are'' won the 1964 [[Caldecott Medal]]. In 1970 he won the [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] for children's book illustration, and in 2003 he shared the [[Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award]] with [[Christine Nöstlinger]], the first time it was awarded.
==Film==
A [[live-action]] [[feature-length film]] of Sendak's ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' is planned for 2009, to be directed by [[Spike Jonze]] and a screenplay by [[Dave Eggers]], [[Michael Goldenberg]] and [[Spike Jonze]].
== Partial bibliography ==
* ''Kenny's Window'' (1956)
* ''Very Far Away'' (1957)
* ''The Sign On Rosie's Door'' (1960)
* ''The Nutshell Library'' (1962)
** ''Chicken Soup with Rice (A Book of Months)''
** ''Alligators All Around (An Alphabet)''
** ''One Was Johnny (A Counting Book)''
** ''Pierre (A Cautionary Tale)''
* ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (1963)
* ''[[In the Night Kitchen]]'' (1970)
* ''Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book With Mino The Magician'' (1970)
* ''Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog?'' (written by Maurice Sendak & [[Matthew Margolis]] and illustrated by Maurice Sendak) (1976)
* ''Seven Little Monsters' (1977)
* ''Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Or: There Must be More to Life'' (1967) ISBN 0-06-028479-X
* ''Fantasy Sketches'' (1981)
* ''Outside Over There'' (1985)
* ''We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures'' ([[Harper Collins]]) (1983)
* ''Singing Family of the Cumberlands'' (written by [[Jean Ritchie]])
* ''Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery'' (1995) (a box with a Book and a Jigsaw Puzzle)
* ''Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes''
* ''Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures'' (1990)
* ''Mommy?'' (Maurice Sendak's first [[Pop-up book]]) (2006)
== Partial bibliography as illustrator ==
* ''Atomics for the Millions'' (by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff) (1947)
* ''The Wonderful Farm'' (by [[Marcel Aymé]]) (1951)
* ''Good Shabbos Everybody'' (by [[Robert Garvey]]) (1951)
* ''A Hole is to Dig'' (written by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (1952)
* ''A Very Special House'' (written by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (1953)
* ''The Tin Fiddle'' (written by [[Edward Tripp]]) (1954)
* ''The Wheel On the School'' (written by [[Meindert DeJong]]) (1954)
* ''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm'' (written by [[Betty MacDonald]]) (1954)
* ''Little Cow & the Turtle'' (written by [[Meindert DeJong]]) (1955)
* ''What Can You Do With A Shoe?'' (written by [[Beatrice Schenk de Regniers]]) (1955 recolored in 1997)
* ''Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects'' (written by Gladys Baker Bond) (1955)
* ''I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue'' (written by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (1956)
* ''The Birthday Party'' (by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (1957)
* ''[[Little Bear (book)|Little Bear]]'', written by [[Else Holmelund Minarik]] and illustrated by Maurice Sendak (there was also a [[Little Bear (TV series)|TV series]] based on this series of books)
** ''[[Little Bear (book)|Little Bear]]'' (1957)
** ''Father Bear Comes Home'' (1959)
** ''Little Bear's Friend'' (1960)
** ''Little Bear's Visit'' (1961)
** ''A Kiss for Little Bear'' (1968)
* ''Along Came A Dog'' (by [[Meindert DeJong]]) (1958)
* ''No Fighting, No Biting!'' (written by [[Else Holmelund Minarik]])(1958)
* ''What Do You Say, Dear?'' (written by [[Sesyle Joslin]]) (1958)
* ''Seven Tales by H. C. Anderson'' (translated by [[Eva Le Gallienne]]) (1959)
* ''The Moon Jumpers'' (text by [[Janice May Udry]])(1959)
* ''Open House For Butterflies'' (by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (1960)
* ''Best in Children's Books: Volume 31'' (various authors and illustrators: featuring, ''Windy Wash Day and Other Poems'' by [[Dorothy Aldis]] with illustrations by Maurice Sendak) (1960)
* ''Best in Children's Books: Volume 35'' (various authors and illustrators: featuring, ''[[Velveteen Rabbit]]'' by [[Margery Williams]] with illustrations by Maurice Sendak) (1960)
* ''Best in Children's Books: Volume 41'' (various authors and illustrators: featuring, ''What the Good-Man Does Is Always Right'' by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] with illustrations by Maurice Sendak) (1961)
* ''What Do You Do, Dear?'' (written by [[Sesyle Joslin]]) (1961)
* ''The Big Green Book'' (written by [[Robert Graves]]) (1962)
* ''Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present'' (written by [[Charlotte Zolotow]]) (1962)
* ''The Singing Hill'' (Written by [[Meindert DeJong]]) (1962) (Harper Row)
* ''Dwarf Long-Nose'' (by [[Wilhelm Hauff]], translated by [[Doris Orgel]]) (1963)
* ''The Griffin and the Minor Canon'' (by [[Frank R. Stockton]]) (1963)
* ''How Little Lori Visited Times Square'' (by [[Amos Vogel]]) (1963)
* ''She Loves Me...She Loves Me Not...'' (written by [[Robert Keeshan]] AKA [[Captain Kangaroo]]) (1963)
* ''[[McCall's]]: August 1964; VOL XCI, No 11'' (featuring ''The Young Crane'' by [[Andrejs Upits]] and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak)
* ''The Bee-Man of Orn'' (by [[Frank R. Stockton]]) (1964)
* ''The Animal Family'' (by [[Randall Jarrell]]) (1965)
* ''Lullabyes and Night Songs'' (by [[Alec Wilder]] and edited by [[William Engvick]] (1965)
* ''Zlateh The Goat'' (written by [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]]) (1966)
* ''The Bat-Poet'' (by [[Randall Jarrell]]) (1966)
* ''A House of Sixty Fathers'' (written by [[Meindert De Jong]] (1966)
* ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]: May 4, 1968; 241st year, issue no. 9'' (features ''Yash The Chimney Sweep'' by [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] and is illustrated by Maurice Sendak)
* ''Happy Hanukah Everybody'' (written by [[Hyman Chanover]] & [[Alice Chanover]]) (1969)
* ''Hurry Home Candy'' (written by [[Meindert DeJong]]) (1971)
* ''I'll Be you and You be Me'' (written by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (1973)
* ''The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm: Volumes 1 & 2'' (Translated by [[Lore Segal]] with four tales translated by [[Randall Jarrell]]) (1973 both volumes)
* ''King Grisly-Beard'' (by [[Brothers Grimm]]) (1973)
* ''Pleasant Fieldmouse'' (by [[Jan Wahl]]) (1975)
* ''Charlotte and the White Horse'' (by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (1955)
* ''The Light Princess'' (by [[George MacDonald]]) (1977)
* ''Shadrach'' (by [[Meindert Dejong]]) (1977)
* ''Nutcracker'' (written by [[E.T.A. Hoffmann]]) (1984)
* ''The Love For Three Oranges'' (The Glyndebourne Version written by [[Frank Corsaro]] based on ''L'Amour des Trois Oranges'' (by [[Serge Prokofiev]]) (1984)
* ''Circus Girl'' (by [[Jack Sendak]]) (1985)
* ''In Grandpa's House'' (by [[Philip Sendak]]) (1985)
* ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' (by [[Rudolf Tesnohlidek]]) (1985)
* ''Dear Mili'' (written by [[Wilhelm Grimm]]) (1988)
* ''Sing a Song of Popcorn'' (by [[Beatrice Schenk de Regniers]] with various illustrators including Maurice Sendak) (1988)
*'' The Big Book for Peace'' (by various authors and illustrators, cover also by Maurice Sendak) (1990)
* ''I Saw Esau'' (edited by [[Iona Opie]] and [[Peter Opie]]) (1992)
* ''The Golden Key'' (by [[George MacDonald]]) (1992) ISBN 0-374-42590-6
* ''The Miami Giant'' (written by [[Arthur Yorinks]]) (1995)
* ''Frank and Joey Go to Work'' (by [[Arthur Yorinks]] also has additional illustrations by [[Ky Chung]] (1996)
* ''Penthesilea'' (written by [[Heinrich von Kleist]] and Translated and Introduced by [[Joel Agee]]) (1998)
*''Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom'' (by [[Ursula Nordstrom]] - Author, [[Leonard S. Marcus]] - Editor) ISBN 0-060-23625-6
* ''Swine Lake'' (written by [[James Marshall]]) (1999)
* ''Brundibar'' (written by [[Tony Kushner]]) (2003)
* ''Sarah's Room'' (written by [[Doris Orgel]]) (2003)
* ''The Happy Rain'' (written by [[Jack Sendak]]) (2004)
* ''Bears!'' (by [[Ruth Krauss]]) (2005)
==Collections==
* ''The Art Of Maurice Sendak'' (By [[Selma G. Lanes]]) (1980)
* ''The Art Of Maurice Sendak: From 1980 to the Present'' (by [[Tony Kushner]]) (2003)
==Notes==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.library.northwestern.edu/exhibits/hca/interviews.html Interview with Maurice Sendak] from the Northwestern University Library in free streaming video ([[RealVideo]])
*[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/sendak_m.html PBS: American Masters] A one-minute video clip
*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4680590 NPR: Conversation with Maurice Sendak] A seventeen-minute audio interview
*[http://www.rosenbach.org/exhibitions/sendakgallery.html The Rosenbach Museum and Library] Exhibition space for Sendak drawings
*[http://homepages.nyu.edu/~oa333/sendak.html Bibliography on Representations of the Holocaust in the works of Maurice Sendak]
*[http://www.northern.edu/hastingw/sendak.htm Biography at Northern.edu]
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