Jack Sendak

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Jack Sendak (born July 20, 1923 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York , † February 3, 1995 in Freehold , NJ ) was an American children's author.

Life

Jack Sendak was born in 1924 as the middle of three children to Philip Sendak and Sadie Sendak, who had come to New York a good ten years earlier as Jewish immigrants from what is now Polish territory. Four years later, his brother Maurice Sendak was born. Her father worked as a tailor, her mother was a housewife. Her father liked telling stories to the children; some of them were published posthumously as books in 1985. Both Maurice and Jack, who became well-known children's book authors, attributed part of their gift to this early coinage.

Jack Sendak began writing stories at an early age, which he illustrated with his brother Maurice and bound into books. During World War II he served in the US Army . After the war ended, he went to Emerson Radio and Television , where he worked on early experiments with color television . For a time he also worked for the Postal Service . In his spare time he started writing again, concentrating on children's literature . His first two books were illustrated in 1956/1957 by his brother Maurice, who was still a little-known illustrator at the time. His book The Magic Tears won the Children's Book Showcase Award . Jack Sendak was married and lived in Clarksburg , New Jersey. He died at the age of 71.

Works

  • The Happy Rain , with illustrations by Maurice Sendak . Harper, New York 1956.
  • Circus Girl , with illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Harper, New York 1957.
  • The Second Witch , with illustrations by Uri Shulevitz . Harper & Row, New York 1965.
    • Witches have cold noses , from the American version by Rolf Inhauser. Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1967.
  • The King of the Hernits and Other Stories , with illustrations by Margot Zemach . Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1966.
  • Martze , with illustrations by Mitchell Miller . Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1968.
  • The Magic Tears , illustrated by Mitchell Miller. Harper & Row, New York 1971, ISBN 0-06-025471-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Death Register: Jack Sendak - US Social Security Death Register (SSDI) - MyHeritage. In: myheritage.com. Retrieved July 16, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Selma G. Lanes : The Art of Maurice Sendak. Abrams, New York 1993, pp. 9-16.
  3. ^ Wolfgang Saxon: Jack Sendak, 71, a Writer Of Surrealist Books for Children . In: New York Times, February 4, 1995.
personal data
SURNAME Sendak, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American children's author
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1995
Place of death Freehold , NJ