Steve martin interviews roz chast biography

American cartoonist (born 1954)

Roz Chast (born November 26, 1954)^[1] is an American cartoonist and a staff cartoonist^[2] for The New Yorker.

Steve martin interviews roz chast biography

Since 1978, she has published more than 1000 cartoons in The New Yorker. She also publishes cartoons in Scientific American and the Harvard Business Review.

In recognition of her work, ComicsAlliance listed Chast as one of twelve women cartoonists deserving of lifetime achievement recognition.^[3] She was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2010.^[4] In May 2017, she received the Alumni Award for Artistic Achievement at the Rhode Island School of Design commencement ceremony.^[5] In 2024, Chast was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden.^[6]

Early life and education

Chast grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, the only child of George Chast, a high school French and Spanish teacher, and Elizabeth, an assistant principa