Maurice Sendak (1928- )
Born in Bensonhurst on 18th Avenue, Maurice Sendak attended P.S. 205, Boody
Junior High School and Lafayette High School. A delightful sense of whimsy and
delicious style distinguish the career of this best-selling author/illustrator
whose works have reached not only book stores and libraries, but also
off-Broadway and TV audiences. In 1970 he received the coveted Hans Christian
Andersen Illustrator Award. Sendak's trilogy, composed of Where The Wild Things
Are, In The Night Kitchen and Outside Over There still welcomes steady streams
of readers each year. Brian O'Doherty of The New York Times echoed the
sentiments of adult and children fans worldwide when he wrote that Sendak’s work
"springs from…the vagrant child that lurks in the heart of all of us."
NEW YORK (JTA) -- Children's book author Maurice Sendak has given $1 million
to the Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services of New York.
Sendak, 82, who wrote the iconic children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are,”
gave the money in honor of his life partner, Eugene Glynn, a longtime
psychiatrist for the organization.
The money will go toward general operating support, and the organization will
name one of its 15 clinics after Glynn, who died in 2007, according to The Wall
Street Journal.
"He was very alarmed at the position of children in New York and wanted to be
part of that salvation, if that's not too grand of a word," Sendak told The Wall
Street Journal about Glynn. "Leading a selfish life is unbearable … what Eugene
did to save lives, I am trying to do artistically.
Бруклин |
Бруклинская Тропа знаменитостей
Brooklyn Celebrity Path
Памятная плита |
Проспект-Хайтс |
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Бруклинский Ботанический сад
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У входа с
Washingtoin Avenue |
Дата установки плиты: 1989 |
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Вдоль Тропы,
петляющей между австрийских сосен и рододендронов, выложено более 160
каменных плит 18х24 дюйма. На каждой из
плит в стилизованном бронзовом
листе выбито имя знаменитости, родившейся
в Бруклине, и бронзовый медальон с изображением
Бруклинского моста и круговой надписью "Величие
Бруклина - в его людях". Ежегодно в июне, в
"Welcome Back to Brooklyn Day", к Тропе добавляются новые
плиты. |