Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois , Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. During his rise to prominence in the s, his illustrations were published in various newspapers and magazines, including the adult-oriented Playboy.
His works have been translated into more than 47 languages and have sold more than 20 million copies. Billboard Hot His songs have been recorded and popularized by a wide range of other acts including Tompall Glaser , The Irish Rovers and Dr. His book A Light in the Attic is dedicated to his daughter who died at age Silverstein died at home in Key West, Florida , of a heart attack on May 10, , at age Sheldon Allan Silverstein was born in Chicago on September 25, They ran a bakery which fared poorly, having been opened during the Great Depression.
He then attended the University of Illinois for one semester and was enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts for one semester before being drafted into the U.
Army ; he served in Japan and Korea. Silverstein began drawing at age seven by tracing the works of Al Capp. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. I was also lucky that I didn't have anybody to copy, be impressed by.
I had developed my own style; I was creating before I knew there was a Thurber , a Benchley , a Price and a Steinberg. I never saw their work 'til I was around By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me. Not that I wouldn't rather make love, but the work has become a habit. He was first published in the Roosevelt Torch, a student newspaper at Roosevelt University , where he studied English after leaving the Art Institute.
