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Si Lewen Author

Si Lewen was born in Lublin, Poland, on November 8, 1918, to secular Jewish parents. After moving to Berlin to escape Polish anti-Semitism, he fled to France before immigrating to New York in 1935. After serving in the army during World War II, Lewen made his livelihood as a painter. He lives in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. Art Spiegelman is an American comics writer, artist, and editor best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel memoir, Maus.