Person An individual. Birth Date 1928-06-10 Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, United States Death Date 2012-05-08 Place of Death Danbury, Connecticut, United States Race/Ethnicity white (author) Gender Identity man (author) Sexuality LGBTQ+ (author) Occupation author illustrator costume designer set designer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sendak, Maurice Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Description An account of the resource Maurice Sendak was a picturebook author and illustrator. He received many awards, including the Caldecott Medal in 1964, the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970, and the National Medal of Arts in 1996. He co-authored and collaborated with numerous authors. He illustrated over 100 books, and his own books have sold over 50 million copies. He also worked as a costume and set designer. Since his death, the Maurice Sendak Foundation continues to publish new editions of his picture books. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Biography." The Maurice Sendak Foundation. 2020. https://www.sendakfoundation.org/biography. Accessed 3 July 2024. "About Maurice." Maurice Sendak. 2024. https://www.mauricesendak.com/about/. Accessed 10 July 2024. Italie, Hillel. "‘Where Wild Things Are’ author Maurice Sendak dies." AP News. 8 May 2012. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-music-new-york-obituaries-c14bbbbd486a495d8ad023b43b6b27ed. Accessed 3 July 2024. Sabrina Beaton (cataloguer, 2024) author costume designer illustrator LGBTQ+ (author) man (author) set designer white (author)