He died a little over a year ago, and today he would have turned 85 years old, those who understand the subject state that it's hard to imagine children's literature without Maurice Sendak, and today the Google doodle reminds us of his birth date.
Children who don't know anything about Max, You will meet him today thanks to an animation that recreates different scenes of 'Where the monsters live', and ends with the birthday party of 'Bumble Ardy' (another of his works, less known but equally interesting). And parents will do well to bring them the work of this illustrator committed to reflect the reality of childhood through literature. Maybe I like Sendak because he proposes readings that are too close to those emotions that older people fear, and that children must face, one of them is fear.
In his most famous work, Max leaves his home angry with his parents, because children have a strong sense of justice, and the elders believe that being fair is punishing children for their actions. The 'monsters' name him king ... he finally returns home. In this video of the Bimbombá channel on You Tube, we have an approach to the content of the book.
Senkad had a difficult childhood due to illness, born in Brooklyn, his origins were Jewish, and most likely the memory of his exterminated ancestors often came to his mind.
Our protagonist today illustrated more than 50 books, and although there are those who say that his career was inspired by 'Fantasy' (from Disney), he knew how to develop a work with its own character. Imagination and magic go hand in hand in his books, another known is 'Little Bear' (protagonist of a series).
Maurice Senkak also ran into censorship, since the drawing of a Mickey (another mischievous boy) in 'The Kitchen at Night', with the genitals uncovered, he collided with an excessively modest mentality. Although as they tell in Doodles and Puppets, perhaps the censors did not know how to see the true meaning of the book, which could be inspired by the Nazi extermination.
So today we remember, or discover Sendak, thank you for leaving us such a wonderful work!
