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Maurice Sendak
10 June 1928
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Said he set his goal to become a writer and an illustrator when he was four or five years old.Has produced more than a dozen books of his own as well as illustrating more than seventy stories by other authors.The Educational Paperback Association listed him in its Top-100 Children's Authors.Works also as a designer for ballet and opera.Co-founder of the Night Kitchen Theater, and the developer of plays, musicals, and films based on his books.Is close friends with playwright 'Tony Kushner' (qv). ... They collaborated on the book "Brundibar" and Maurice made a cameo in the HBO version of Kushner's _"Angels in America" (2003)_ (qv).He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 1998 Commencement Ceremonies for his services to children's literature.Won the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for the book of _Where the Wild Things Are (2006)_.He is a writer, illustrator, and designer of children's literature.He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1996 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.His book "Chicken Soup with Rice" was set to music and sung by 'Carole King' (qv) as part of _Really Rosie (1975) (TV)_ (qv).Several of the Wild Things are actually caricatures of relatives that used to visit his parent's home when he was a child.His most famous book, "Where the Wild Things Are," was originally going to be titled "Where the Wild Horses Are." He gave that up when he discovered that he couldn't draw horses.His studio is a large barn in Conneticut.Sendak and his romantic partner, Eugene Glynn, lived together for 50 years before Dr. Glynn's May 2007 death (of lung cancer).Read more Less