Overview

• Ulli Lust made history as the first comic artist to win the German Non-Fiction Book Prize during its fifth award cycle.
• Die Frau als Mensch. Am Anfang der Geschichte reframes early human history by placing Stone Age women at its core.
• The jury praised Lust’s “virtuose Verbindung von Bild und Wort,” highlighting her blend of archaeological research, anthropology and artistic narration.
• Awarded by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the 25,000-euro prize was presented at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.
• The shortlist brought together works on subjects ranging from digital colonialism and the return of war to climate change solutions.