Art Spiegelman (Arthur Spiegelman, known as)
Born in 1948 in Stockholm
Lives and works in New York

Art Spiegelman studied philosophy and art at the High School of Art and Design in New York
Art Spiegelman, illustrator and comic book author, is a major figure in the American underground comic book movement. He is the author of Maus, a two-volume graphic novel (1986 and 1991) that traces his family's history during World War II and, beyond that, tells the story of the Holocaust. Maus, which has been translated into some 20 languages, earned him the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, helping to legitimize comics as an art form in their own right, and the Angoulême-Fauve d'Or prize for its French translation. In 1991, he was the first comic book artist to have an exhibition dedicated to him at the MOMA in New York, where he affirmed the power of the medium, which must be learned to read as “something that transforms time and space.” He is the co-founder of the experimental magazine RAW and regularly publishes his illustrations in the press. He has created iconic covers for The New Yorker, among others. In 2012, his Meta Maus received the Eisner Award.

Art Spiegelman said: "In Maus, I depicted characters wearing animal masks. They aren't really mice, they are humans wearing masks. The masks look alike, regardless of the species used to symbolize a group. This provides a key: beneath these masks, we are all still human beings. And seen in this light, it is more striking; we see individuals forced to wear a collective identity, literally plastered on their faces."