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

Tue 8 May 2012 11.36 EDT First published on Tue 8 May 2012 11.36 EDT

  • Sendak with his book Where the Wild Things Are at the International Youth Library in Munich, 1971

  • The cover of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, which has sold over 17m copies since it was published in 1963

  • 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

  • Max found that he was a fearsome wild thing in Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak © Maurice Sendak 1963 and 1991

  • 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 1987Courtesy of Glyndebourne Festival Opera

  • 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

  • Sendak checks proofs of art at his home in Conneticut, 1988

  • Sendak supervises Nickolodeon's animation of his illustrations for the story Little Bear, 1995

  • Maurice Sendak stands by a life-size scene from Where The Wild Things Are at the Children's Museum of Manhattan in 2002

  • A Wild Thing balloon lurks overhead in Times Square, New York, during the 2002 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

  • Sendak on the set of the film Where the Wild Things Are (2008) with director Spike Jonze

  • A wild rumpus takes place in Maurice Sendak's classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are © Maurice Sendak 1963 and 1991

  • Maurice Sendak Way in lower Manhattan, New York. Two streets (the other named "Wild Things" Way) were dedicated to the author in 2009

  • Sendak with his German Shepherd, Herman, at his home in Ridgefield, Connecticut, in 2011

  • Barack Obama and Michelle Obama read from Where the Wild Things Are, during the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll

  • Bumble-Ardy, the story of a family of pigs, is Maurice Sendak's final picture book, published last year © Maurice Sendak 2011
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