Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak (born on June 10th 1928) is an author and Illustrateur of Littérature of childhood and youth, famous for its album max and the maximonstres , published in 1963.

Souffreteux child, Sendak decided to become an illustrator for children under the influence of film of Walt Disney Fantasia at the twelve years age. Its drawings were initially published in a book of history of 1947 entitled Atomics for the Million, and it passed the Années 1950 to be made a name as prolific artist of books for children.

It met international success with max and the maximonstres ( Where the Wild Things Are ), although the representations of monsters to the pointed teeth worried the parents at the time of the exit of the album. The attraction of Sendak for the aspects dark, transgressive, nightmarish of imaginary childish made of him a subject of controversy in certain countries. Psychoanalysts specialists in childhood as Francoise Dolto in France had initially disadvised this album. Its album impossible to circumvent of 1970, Cuisine of night ( In the Night Kitchen ) regularly underwent the Censure because it presents images of a naked little boy gambadant in all innocence all along the history; the book was interdict in several countries, and a rumor claims that elsewhere it was improved and published with the young hero equipped with layers. It is however only one urban legend. ( Cuisine of night appears regularly on the list of the " books most frequently disputed and interdits" association of the American Libraries, including a 25th place on the " 100 pounds the most disputed 1990-2000". )

Sendak produced an adaptation televised in Animation of its work entitled Really Rosie , with Carole King, which was diffused in 1975. It adapted its book Where the Wild Things Are for the theater in 1979. It also illustrated tales of the brothers Grimm, of Randall Jarrell, Robert Graves, or George MacDonald, and the marvellous Horn of the child .

It moreover designed the decoration of many opera S and Ballet S, inter alia the covered representation of price of the Casse-Noisette of Tchaïkovski by the Pacific Northwest Ballet (1983); the representations of the Magic Flute of Mozart (1981) by the Grand opera of Houston and Hansel and Gretel of Humperdinck (1997), the representation of Idoménée of Mozart by Los Angeles County Music Center' S 1990 and the representation of the Small Vixen crafty one of Leoš Janáček by the New York City Operated in 1981.

In the Years 1990, Sendak was addressed to the playwright Tony Kushner so that he writes a new English version of the opera for children of the Czech type-setter Hans Krása, Brundibar . Kushner wrote the text for the illustrated book of Sendak of the same name, published in 2003. The book appeared among the 10 best illustrated books of the year in NewYork Times Book Review.

In 2003, the Opera Theater of Chicago represented the adaptation of Sendak and Kushner of Brundibar . In 2005, the Berkeley Reparatory Theater, in collaboration with Reparatory Theater of Yale and New Victory Theater of Broadway, represented a largely altered version of very the adaptaiton.

It illustrated the series of the Little Bear of Else Holmelund Minarik, which also became a series animated for television.

A feature film according to " Where the Wild Thing Are" is planned for 2008, realization of Spike Jonze on a scenario of Dave Eggers, Michael Goldenberg and Jonze.

Rewards

Where the Wild Things Are received the Caldecott Medal in 1964.
In 1970, it accepted the Prix Hans Christian Andersen, and in 2003 it divided the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award with Christine Nöstlinger, for the first handing-over of this price.

Partial bibliography

The Moon Jumpers (text by Janice May Udry, 1959)
The Nutshell Library

Chicken Soup with Rice (Book Months has off). Translation: the Chicken and rice: round of the months , 1979.
Alligators All Around (Year Alphabet). Translation: Of the Alligators everywhere , 1979.
One Was Johnny (Counting Book has). Traducton: My First is called Jeannot: Counting rhymes , 1979.
Pierre (Cautionary Tale has). Translation: Pierre: a very moral tale , 1979.

Where the Wild Things Are (1963). Translation: max and the maximonstres , the School of the leisures, 1973.
In the Night Kitchen . Translation: Kitchen of night , the School of the leisures, 1972.
Higglety Pigglety Pop!
The Sign One Rosie' S Door . Translation: Turned pink , the School of the leisures, 1980.
Outside Over There
In the Dumps with Jack and Guy
Singing Family off the Cumberlands (text of Jean Ritchie)
Kenny' S Window
Very Far Away . Translation: When Dad was far , the School of the leisures, 1982.
Maurice Sendak' S Christmas Mystery
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes
Caldecott and Co: Notes one Books and Pictures
Little Bear , texts of Else Holmelund Minarik. Translations: Small-Bear , 1970; Small-Bear visits of it; a Kiss for Small-Bear ; Papa Bear returns , the School of the leisures, 1990.

To read

Selma G. Lanes, The Art off Maurice Sendak , HNA Books, 1993.

External bonds

'' Maurice Sendak '', study by Elects Dumont
Interview with Maurice Sendak - In free video streaming (RealVideo), from the Northwestern University Library
PBS - American Masters, including shorts (1 min) video clip.
NPR - Conversation with Maurice Sendak, including 17 audio minute interview.
Princeton University WebMedia Readings - 70 video minute, from 2000.
MIT May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Reading: Descent into Limbo dwelling one Andrea Mantegna painting
Maurice Sendak biography and links to more interviews
The Rosenbach Museum & Library has off repository and exhibition space for all Sendak' S drawings *Comedy one the Bridge and Brundibar, has collaboration with Tony Kushner * scenepainting.com gallery off theatrical set designs by Maurice Sendak, among others
Imdb.com " Where the Wild Things Are" movie

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