Which of these writers is older?  Maurice Sendak or Tom Wolfe?
Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak ( ; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He became widely known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are", first published in 1963.
Bertram Wolfe Bertram David "Bert" Wolfe (January 19, 1896 – February 21, 1977) was an American scholar and former communist best known for biographical studies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, and Diego Rivera.