Maus

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comic book graphic novel

Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History 1
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic book ⓘ
graphic novel ⓘ
graphic novel ⓘ
graphic novel ⓘ
author Art Spiegelman ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize Special Award
awardYear 1992 ⓘ
basedOn Vladek Spiegelman’s life ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Art Spiegelman ⓘ
depicts Holocaust ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
firstCollectedEditionYear 1986 ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serialized in Raw magazine ⓘ
genre Holocaust literature ⓘ
biographical comics ⓘ
historical graphic novel ⓘ
non-fiction comics ⓘ
hasPart Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maus I: My Father Bleeds History

Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
hasTheme family history ⓘ
identity ⓘ
racism ⓘ
the ethics of representation ⓘ
illustrator Art Spiegelman ⓘ
mainCharacter Art Spiegelman ⓘ
Vladek Spiegelman ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm frame narrative ⓘ
notableFor being first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portraysAs Americans as dogs ⓘ
French as frogs ⓘ
Germans as cats ⓘ
Jews as mice ⓘ
Poles as pigs ⓘ
Swedes as reindeer ⓘ
publisher Pantheon Books ⓘ
serializationEndYear 1991 ⓘ
serializationStartYear 1980 ⓘ
setInPeriod World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era
setInPlace AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp

New York City ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
subjectMatter Vladek Spiegelman’s experiences in the Holocaust ⓘ
father–son relationship ⓘ
memory and trauma ⓘ
survivor’s guilt ⓘ
uses anthropomorphic animal characters ⓘ

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Maus → hasPart → Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
Maus → hasPart → Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began