Maurice Sendak: a life in pictures

Maurice Sendak, author of Where The Wild Things Are, has died, aged 83. We take a tour through his life
  
  


Maurice Sendak: Sendak with his book Where the Wild Things Are in 1971
Sendak with his book Where the Wild Things Are at the International Youth Library in Munich, 1971 Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images
Maurice Sendak: The cover of the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The cover of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, which has sold over 17m copies since it was published in 1963 Photograph: HarperCollins/AP
Maurice Sendak: Sendak poses with one of the monsters from Where the Wild Things Are
Sendak poses with one of the monsters from his book Where the Wild Things Are, created for the operatic adaptation of the book in St. Paul, US, 1985 Photograph: AP
Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Max found that he was a fearsome wild thing in Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
© Maurice Sendak 1963 and 1991 Photograph: Maurice Sendak 1963
Maurice Sendak: Maurice Sendak set design for Glyndebourne
Sendak in the set shop with some of his creations for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's production of Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole and L'Enfant et les Sortileges in 1987

Courtesy of Glyndebourne Festival Opera Photograph: Ira Nowinski/Corbis
Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak based the wild things in his famous book Where the Wild Things Are on memories of his relatives
© Maurice Sendak 1963 and 1991 Photograph: Maurice Sendak 1963
Maurice Sendak: Sendak checks proofs of art at his home in Conneticut, 1988
Sendak checks proofs of art at his home in Conneticut, 1988 Photograph: AP
Maurice Sendak: Sendak supervises Nickolodeon's animation of Little Bear
Sendak supervises Nickolodeon's animation of his illustrations for the story Little Bear, 1995 Photograph: Susie King/AP
Maurice Sendak: Maurice Sendak with Max from Where The Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak stands by a life-size scene from Where The Wild Things Are at the Children's Museum of Manhattan in 2002 Photograph: James Keyser/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
Maurice Sendak: The Wild Thing balloon during the 2002 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
A Wild Thing balloon lurks overhead in Times Square, New York, during the 2002 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Photograph: New York Daily/Getty Images
Maurice Sendak: 'Where The Wild Things Are' Film - 2008
Sendak on the set of the film Where the Wild Things Are (2008) with director Spike Jonze Photograph: Warner/Everett/Rex Features
Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
A wild rumpus takes place in Maurice Sendak's classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are
© Maurice Sendak 1963 and 1991 Photograph: Maurice Sendak 1963
Maurice Sendak: Maurice Sendak Way in lower Manhattan, New York
Maurice Sendak Way in lower Manhattan, New York. Two streets (the other named "Wild Things" Way) were dedicated to the author in 2009 Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
Maurice Sendak: Sendak with his dog at his home in Connecticut
Sendak with his German Shepherd, Herman, at his home in Ridgefield, Connecticut, in 2011 Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian
Maurice Sendak: Barack Obama and Michelle Obama reads from Where the Wild Things Are
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama read from Where the Wild Things Are, during the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Sendak: Bumble-Ardy by Maurice Sendak
Bumble-Ardy, the story of a family of pigs, is Maurice Sendak's final picture book, published last year
© Maurice Sendak 2011 Photograph: Krause, Johansen/Maurice Sendak 2011
 

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