Ulli Lust wins German Subject Prize 2025 for feminist comic

Ulli Lust wins German Subject Prize 2025 for feminist comic

Hamburg, Deutschland - ulli lust was awarded the German Sachbook Prize 2025 for her outstanding work "The woman as a person. At the beginning of history". In her work, she addresses the often invisible role of women in human history and criticizes the predominant male view of cultural history. The jury justified the award with the successful combination of scientific knowledge from archeology, anthropology and art history, which are clearly conveyed through everyday experiences. *[Ots]*

The work also extends the genre of the non -fiction book by collecting the image and word in a remarkable way. The jury sat down from well -known experts, including Michael Hagner from ETH Zurich and Christiane Hoffmann, author and journalist. Representatives from science and publishing were also part of the selection commission. The Book Culture and Reading Promotion of the Börsenverein of the German Book Trade awards the award with the aim of appreciating outstanding factual literature in German and giving socially relevant impulses.

ulli lust - an impressive biography

The winner Ulli Lust was born in Vienna in 1967 and emigrated to Berlin in 1995. Since then she has made a name for herself as an artist and author, especially through her comic reports, who artistically process everyday observations. Her best -known comic, "Today is the last day of the rest of your life", discussed her youth and received several awards, including the Prix de Revelation at the comic festival in Angoulême and the Ignatz Award.

With her autobiographical graphic novel "How I tried to be a good person", she won an ink-pot award in 2018 and made it to the shortlist for the "Fauve d’Or" in Angoulême. She has been teaching at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences since 2013, where she specializes in illustrative design and comic. *[Deutscher-Sachbuch Prize]*

The content of "The woman as a human"

in her new Sachcomic, lust presents a profound analysis of art and the role of women in the Stone Age. It examines the representations of women in prehistoric art and shows that they are often shown without shame and centrally shown in the works. The collection of most human images from the Stone Age shows women, while men often appear in roles like hunting or flint. *[Reproduct]*

The comic illuminates companies in which the hero's trip was experienced not only by men, but by women, men, children and non-binary people. With her work, you want to encourage you to question the understanding of "Frausein" and redefine what is of central importance in today's world.

The other nominated works in 2025 ranged from "digital colonialism" to "saving the world with plants". The award ceremony took place under the patronage of the Deutsche Bank Foundation and with the support of the city of Hamburg and the Frankfurt Book Fair. Media partners such as ZDF and Deutschlandfunk Kultur accompanied the event. Press photos of the award winner have been available on the website of the Börsenverein this evening.