Ulli lust wins German non -fiction prize for impressive comic!

Ulli lust wins German non -fiction prize for impressive comic!

Vienna, Österreich - The Austrian comic artist Ulli Lust was awarded the German Subject Book Prize on June 17, 2025. She received this honor for her work "The woman as a person. At the beginning of history", which was published by the Reproduct Verlag. In a solemn award ceremony, which took place in the imposing Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, a prize money of 25,000 euros was presented. The jury praised the innovative representation of the role of women in human history.

The Sachcomic of Lust focuses on the beginnings of mankind and illuminates the influence of women in times of hunters and collectors. It thus provides a critical examination of the predominant male view of humanity and combines knowledge from archeology, anthropology and art history. Lust illustrates your arguments through everyday experiences that expand the genre of the non -fiction book by combining image and word.

jury and nominations

ulli lust was selected from a total of 234 submitted titles, which were spotted by a seven -member jury. The members of the jury include specialists from different areas, including Michael Hagner from ETH Zurich and the science journalist Manuela Lenzen. In the nomination list, other remarkable titles such as "Digital Colonialism" by Ingo Dachwitz & Sven Hilbig and "The Return of War" by Franz-Stefan Gady were also found, which also deal with socially relevant topics. Each of the other nominations was awarded 2,500 euros.

The German Subject Book Prize is awarded by the Book Culture and Reading Promotion of the Börsenverein of the German Book Trade and aims to award outstanding non -fiction books in the original German -language edition. The award ceremony receives support from the Deutsche Bank Foundation as well as the city of Hamburg and the Frankfurt Book Fair. Media partners such as the ZDF culture report "Aspects" and Deutschlandfunk Kultur accompany the event.

relevance of the work

Ulli Lusts "The woman as a human" not only offers historical insights, but also draws parallels to current discussions about gender roles and patriarchal structures. The graphic novel shows that women must have played a greater role in the time of the hunters and collectors than is recognized in traditional historiography. This leads to a new appreciation of women in history and contributes to an expanded understanding of humanity.

The award ceremony will come into the focus of the public with a variety of media reports, and interested parties can find current press photos of the award winner on the evening of June 17, 2025.

More details about the award ceremony and the nominations are in the reports of vienna.at Presseportal as well as Süddeutsche.de to read.