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Maurice Sendak

—Hope O'KeeffeSource: The National Endowment for the Arts “The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible…

A. E.

(Encyclopedia) A. E.: see Russell, George William.

Lucan

(Encyclopedia) Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus)Lucanl&oomacr;ˈkən [key], a.d. 39–a.d. 65, Latin poet, b. Córdoba, Spain, nephew of the philosopher Seneca. At first in Nero's favor, he was later…

Takada, Kenzo

(Encyclopedia) Takada, Kenzo, 1939–2020, Japanese fashion designer, the first Japanese designer to win international acclaim. In 1965 he moved to Paris, where he sold sketches to French fashion…

Hertzsprung, Ejnar

(Encyclopedia) Hertzsprung, EjnarHertzsprung, Ejnarīˈnär hĕrtsˈspr&oomacr;ng [key], 1873–1967, Danish astronomer. Although trained as a chemical engineer, Hertzsprung made his career in astronomy…

Ogilvy, David Mackenzie

(Encyclopedia) Ogilvy, David Mackenzie, 1911–99, British-American advertising executive. He was a chef in Paris and a door-to-door salesman before entering advertising, becoming an account executive…

Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de

(Encyclopedia) Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain deMarivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain depyĕrˈ kärlāˈ də shäNblēˈ də märēvōˈ [key], 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist. He enjoyed popularity…

Burnett, Leo

(Encyclopedia) Burnett, LeoBurnett, Leobərnĕtˈ [key], 1891–1971, American advertising executive, b. St. Johns, Mich., grad. Univ. of Michigan (1914). He was a newspaper reporter and worked in…

stigmata

(Encyclopedia) stigmatastigmatastĭgˈmətə, stĭgmătˈə [key] [plural of stigma, from Gr.,=brand], wounds or marks on a person resembling the five wounds received by Jesus at the crucifixion. Some 300…