“Where the Wild Things Are” author Maurice Sendak dies

NEW YORK, May 9: American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, whose children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” has been a standard bedtime story for at least three generations, has died at the age of 83. Sendak, credited with elevating children’s book art to a new level and adding an edginess and real life elements, died during the night at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut of complications from a recent stroke, a hospital spokesperson said on Tuesday. (agencies)

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