Maurice Sendak, ‘Wild Things’ Author, Dies at 83
This article is for subscribers only.
Maurice Sendak, whose “Where the Wild Things Are” upset parents and psychologists in 1963 and became an international best-seller that helped change the placid world of children’s books, has died. He was 83.
He died today in Danbury, Connecticut, of complications from a recent stroke, the New York Times reported, citing his editor, Michael di Capua. He lived in Ridgefield, Connecticut.