Philip Sendak (September 15, 1894 – June 14, 1970) was a writer of
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
. He is the father of the writer and illustrator
Maurice Sendak and the children's writer
Jack Sendak
Jack Sendak (July 20, 1923 – February 3, 1995) was a children's literature author. He was the brother of Maurice Sendak and the son of Philip Sendak. He served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, and later worked for Emerson Radi ...
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He emigrated from Poland to United States in 1913.
Sendak died at the age of 75.
Selected bibliography
* ''In Grandpa's House'' (1985) (illustrated by his son
Maurice Sendak)
References
External links
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American children's writers
1894 births
1970 deaths
Maurice Sendak
Congress Poland emigrants to the United States
19th-century Polish Jews
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