
'Maus' book about the Holocaust banned in Tennessee school district: report
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A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel 'Maus'. The McMinn County School Board decided Jan. 10 to remove “Maus” from its curriculum, news outlets reported.
Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for the work that tells the story of his Jewish parents living in 1940s Poland and depicts him interviewing his father about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor. Artist and author Art Spiegelman gets some help with his lunch from Francoise Mouly, of Random House, Inc., during a signing of Spiegelman's new book "In the Shadow of No Towers" at the Book Expo America convention, Saturday, June 5, 2004, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey, File) ( ) This cover image released by Pantheon shows "Maus" a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman. A Tennessee school district has voted to ban the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust. (Pantheon via AP) ( )
In an interview, Spiegelman told CNBC he was "baffled" by the school board’s decision and called the action "Orwellian."
"It’s leaving me with my jaw open, like, ‘What?’" he said.