Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books, born in 1928 to Polish-Jewish parents, and he died in 2012. He was best known for Where the Wild Things Are (1963), the first of a trilogy that continued with In the Night Kitchen (1970) and Outside Over There (1981). He also illustrated books by other writers, including the Little Bear series by Else Holmelund Minarik, and designed sets for operas such as Mozart's The Magic Flute. In 1996 he received the National Medal of Arts.