Question: Which of these writers is older?  Maurice Sendak or Tom Wolfe?

Context articles: Jack Sendak
Tom Wolfe
Seven Little Monsters (TV series)
Really Rosie
A Very Special House
In the Night Kitchen
Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are (opera)
Philip Sendak
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

Jack Sendak (July 20, 1923 – February 3, 1995) was a children's literature author.
 He is 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 Radio and Television and the U.S. Postal Service.
 Two of his books, "Circus Girl" (1957) and "The Happy Rain" (1956), were illustrated by Maurice.
 His 1971 book "The Magic Tears" won the Children's Book Showcase award.
Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe Jr. (born March 2, 1931) is an American author and journalist, best known for his association with and influence in stimulating the New Journalism literary movement, in which literary techniques are used extensively.
 He reduced traditional values of journalistic objectivity.
(Maurice Sendak's) Seven Little Monsters, or (Maurice Sendak's) 7 Little Monsters, is an American-Canadian-Chinese-Philippine children's television program about a family of seven monsters and their mother.
 The series, based on the book by the same name, was created by Maurice Sendak and directed by Neil Affleck, Lynn Reist, and Glenn Sylvestor.
 Each monster is named after a different number from one to seven, and each has unique physical characteristics.
 The series was part of the "PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch" from 2000–03, and made an individual PBS debut on 2003, along with George Shrinks and The Berenstain Bears, and was shown from 2003–07 on YTV.
 The series was produced by Wild Things Productions, Nelvana, Suzhou Hong Ying Animation Corporation Limited and Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (PASI Animation) from 2000–02.
 The 54-episode series debuted in 2000 and aired its final episode in 2003 and reruns until 2004.
Really Rosie is a musical with a book and lyrics by Maurice Sendak and music by Carole King.
 The musical is based on Sendak's books "Chicken Soup with Rice", "Pierre", "One was Johnny", "Alligators All Around" (which compose 1962's "The Nutshell Library"), and "The Sign on Rosie's Door" (1960).
 Sendak based the story on a demonstrative little girl who used to sing and dance on the stoop of her building, whom he observed while he was a little boy growing up in Brooklyn.
A Very Special House, written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, is a 1953 picture book published by HarperCollins.
 "A Very Special House" was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1954 and was Sendak's first Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of seven during his career.
 Sendak won the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for "Where the Wild Things Are", which he both authored and Illustrated.
 "A Very Special House" was re-issued by HarperCollins in 2001 in hardcover format as part of a project to re-issue 22 Sendak works including several authored by Ruth Krauss.
In the Night Kitchen is a popular and controversial children's picture book, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and first published in 1970.
 The book depicts a young boy's dream journey through a surreal baker's kitchen where he assists in the creation of a cake to be ready by the morning.
 "In the Night Kitchen" has been described by Sendak as part of a trilogy of books based on psychological development from "In the Night Kitchen" (toddler) to "Where the Wild Things Are" (pre-school) to "Outside Over There" (pre-adolescent).
 It was a Caldecott Honor recipient in 1971.
 It was adapted into a five-minute animated short film in 1987 by Gene Deitch.
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.
Where the Wild Things Are, Op.
 20, is a 'fantasy' opera in one act by Oliver Knussen to a libretto by Maurice Sendak, based on Sendak's own children's book of the same title.
 Knussen composed the music over the period 1979 to 1983, on commission from the Opèra National, Brussels.
Philip Sendak (September 15, 1894 – June 1970) was a children's literature author.
 He is best known as the father of Caldecott Medal winner Maurice Sendak and children's author Jack Sendak.
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, is a 1962 picture book published by HarperCollins.
 It was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1963 and was one of Sendak's Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of seven during his career.
 Sendak won the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for "Where the Wild Things Are", which he both authored and illustrated.
 "Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present" was re-issued by HarperCollins in 1999 in hardcover format as part of a project to re-issue 22 Sendak works, including several authored by Zolotow.