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Author's meeting
A Woman as a Man: A Book Launch with Ulli Lust
03.10.2026 18:30
Guests
Ulli Lust, Sylwia Chutnik
Location
Auditorium
Language of the meeting
Polish and German with translation
Admission
Free admission thanks to a partnership with Audi
Together with Kultura Gniewu and the Goethe-Institut, we invite you to a meeting with Ulli Lust, author of the graphic novel “Woman as a Human Being,” winner of the 2025 Deutscher Sachbuchpreis
This will be Ulli Lust’s first visit to Poland, and Sylwia Chutnik will moderate the discussion with her.
“Woman as Human” is a monumental work of nonfiction in which Ulli Lust explores prehistory and highlights the crucial role of women in the development of humanity—with a particular focus on art and the importance of empathy for the survival of our species.
Literature on early societies typically portrays men as the ones who hunt or create cave paintings. Meanwhile, most of the human figures left to us from the Ice Age are female figurines. What were the societies like that depicted women and their gender so clearly, with pride and without shame?
A forgotten world unfolds around these prehistoric female figures—a world in which survival was a collective endeavor, made possible only through the cooperation of women, men, children, and even non-binary individuals, all playing diverse and significant roles.
“This fascinating graphic novel draws the reader deep into the social life of prehistoric people. The latest archaeological findings, combined with ethnological examples and reflections on the present day, create an explosive mixture that prompts us to rethink our understanding of ‘feminine nature.’”
Christine Neugebauer-Maresch, Institute of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna
Christine Neugebauer-Maresch, Institute of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna
Ulli Lust was born in Vienna in 1967. She is a multi-award-winning comic book author and illustrator whose work spans autobiographical, documentary, and essayistic comics. She gained widespread recognition for her autobiographical graphic novel *Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens* (“Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life”), which won, among other awards, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Ignatz Award. Lust teaches drawing and comics at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover.
*Woman as a Human Being* was published in a translation by Małgorzata Słabicka-Turpeinen. The translation of the graphic novel was carried out with the support of the Goethe-Institut as part of the Litrix.de program.
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