Maurice Sendak, author of Where The Wild Things Are, died today after suffering a stroke Friday. He was 83. The children's writer's Where The Wild Things Are was awarded a Caldecott Medal for best children's book of 1964. President Clinton awarded Sendak the National Medal of the Arts in 1996. As well as his work as a writer, Sendak was also a television producer of series based on his work, such as Seven Little Monsters, George and Martha and Little Bear. Spike Jonze made Where The Wild Things Are into a feature film in 2009.
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