SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

I Want Everything From Life

  • An outstanding graphic novel about the life and thoughts of one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century.
  • Wonderfully told by bestselling author Julia Korbik and illustrated by award-winning Julia Bernhard!
  • The French edition of I Want Everything from Life was awarded the Prix Influence as part of the Prix Artémisia.

Simone de Beauvoir’s life as a graphic novel: “I want everything from life!”

Simone de Beauvoir was a philosopher, writer and existentialist. Today, she is a feminist icon. Generations have been fascinated and inspired by the way she lived and loved. Having grown up in a time when women were not allowed to study, vote or choose their own profession, she became one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century. Simone de Beauvoir wanted everything from life, and with her pioneering approach she courageously paved the way for those who came after her. In this graphic novel, Julia Korbik and Julia Bernhard paint a picture of Simone de Beauvoir as a daughter, woman, friend, writer, lover, philosopher, ally and feminist. What emerges is a multifaceted portrait that testifies to her great lust for life: animated and contradictory, rich in insight, pain and joy. It is the portrait of a woman who was always driven by her curiosity about people, about herself, about her own thinking and about every aspect of the world.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Hardcover
  • Release: 13.06.2023
  • ISBN: 978-3-498-00360-9
  • 224 Pages
  • Authors: Julia KorbikJulia Bernhard

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Paula Winkler
© Paula Winkler
Julia Korbik

Julia Korbik is a freelance journalist and author living in Berlin. Her most recent book published by Rowohlt was Simone de Beauvoir – Ich möchte vom Leben alles , which helped many readers to rediscover de Beauvoir’s life and work. Her journalism focuses on politics and pop culture from a feminist perspective. She has been awarded the Luise Büchner Prize for Journalism.

Paula Winkler
© Paula Winkler
Julia Bernhard

Julia Bernhard is an illustrator and comic-strip artist. Together with her personal assistant Pina, who is also her dog, she lives and works in Berlin. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker , The Nib and Stern , among others. Her comic book debut Wie gut, dass wir dar ü ber geredet haben won the Max und Moritz Prize for the best German-language comic debut in 2020.