Ulli Lust
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Ulli Lust

Ulli Lust, born in Vienna in 1967, studied at the Berlin Weissensee School of Art from 1999 to 2004; she lives and draws in Berlin. Her autobiographical graphic novel Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens was published in 2009 and has received numerous prizes and been translated into seven languages.

Ulli Lust, born in Vienna in 1967, studied at the Berlin Weissensee School of Art from 1999 to 2004; she lives and draws in Berlin. Her autobiographical graphic novel Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens was published in 2009 and has received numerous prizes and been translated into seven languages.

Awards (selection)
Max-und-Moritz Prize (Best German-language Comic Artist) 2014
LA Times Book Award (Graphic Novels / Comics) for Today is the last day of the rest of your life 2014
Urhunden Award for Idag är sista dagen på resten av ditt liv (Kolig Förlag, Sweden) 2013
Ignatz Award for Today is the last day of the rest of your life (Fantagraphics, USA) 2013
Prix révélation at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée...
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Max-und-Moritz Prize (Best German-language Comic Artist) 2014
LA Times Book Award (Graphic Novels / Comics) for Today is the last day of the rest of your life 2014
Urhunden Award for Idag är sista dagen på resten av ditt liv (Kolig Förlag, Sweden) 2013
Ignatz Award for Today is the last day of the rest of your life (Fantagraphics, USA) 2013
Prix révélation at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême 2011
Artémisia Prize for Trop n’est pas assez 2011
Max-und-Moritz Prize (Audience Award) for Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens 2010
ICOM Independent Comic Prize (Best Independent Comic) for Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens 2010

PUBLICATIONS

How I Tried to Be a Good Person
Year of Publication: 2017
Ulli LustYear of Publication: 2017

When Ulli Lust’s autobiographical comic Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens came out eight years ago, it was celebrated as a masterpiece and awarded numerous...

Rights sold to:

USA (Fantagraphics), Spanish world rights (La Cúpula), France (Ça et La), Netherlands (Soul Food Comics), Sweden (Lystring)

The Karnau Tapes
Year of Publication: 2013
Ulli Lust, Marcel BeyerYear of Publication: 2013
Since his brilliant and harrowing novel The Karnau Tapes came out in 1995, Marcel Beyer has been considered »one of Europe’s best young novelists« (The New...
Rights sold to:

English World Rights (New York Review of Books), France (Ça et La), Netherlands (Scratch Books), Slovak Republic (Brak)


DISCOVER

News
04.06.2018
Ulli Lust receives the Max und Moritz Award 2018 for her graphic novel Wie ich versuchte, ein guter Mensch zu sein.