Philip Sendak [SEP] date of death
Philip Sendak
Philip Sendak (September 15, 1894 – June 1970) was a children's literature author. He is the father of the author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and the children's author Jack Sendak.
Selected bibliography.
- "In Grandpa's House" (1985) (illustrated by his son Maurice Sendak)
the "Little Bear" books by Else Holmelund Minarik.
Early life.
Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish Jewish immigrant parents named Sadie (née Schindler) and Philip Sendak, a dressmaker. Sendak described his childhood as a "terrible situation" due to the death of members of his extended family during the Holocaust which exposed him at a young age to the concept of mortality. His love of books began when, as a child, he developed health problems and was confined to his bed