Ulli Lust
Ulli Lust, born 1967 in Vienna, is an Austrian cartoonist who lives and works in Berlin.[1] Her graphic novel Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life was translated into English and published by Fantagraphics Books in 2013.[2] In 2013, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life won an Ignatz Award for best graphic novel,[3] the LA Times Book Award for Graphic Novels[4] and then in 2014 was nominated for an Eisner Award for best reality-based work.[5] In 2013, Lust also published an adaptation of Marcel Beyer's 1995 novel, Flughunde, which presents a fictional account of Helga Goebbels, the daughter of German World War II minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels.[6] This was published in English as Voices in the Dark.
Many of the books of Lust are published in German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Italian, Spanish and English. She holds a professorship at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany, and holds lectures and workshops internationally and on digital channels.
Works
- Fashionvictims, Trendverächter: Bildkolumnen und Minireportagen aus Berlin, Suhrkamp Verlag, 2008.
- Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens, avant-verlag, 2009. (English translation, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, 2013, Fantagraphics Books)
- Voices in the Dark, New York Review Comics, 2017
- How I Tried to Be a Good Person, Fantagraphics Books, 2019
References
- ^ http://www.suhrkamp.de/graphic-novel/ulli-lust/flughunde_1017.html
- ^ https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/draw-write-love-ulli-lusts-today-is-the-last-day-of-the-rest-of-your-life
- ^ http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Ulli-Lust-wins-the-Ignatz-for-Best-Graphic-Novel.html&Itemid=113
- ^ http://events.latimes.com/bookprizes/previous-winners/year-2013/
- ^ http://www.themarysue.com/2014-eisner-award-winners/
- ^ http://www.taz.de/!116037/
