Julia Korbikbornin the Ruhr area, is an author, editor and presenter. She mainly focuses on politics, society and (pop) culture from a feminist perspective. As part of a German-French double degree program, she studied european studies, communications and journalism in Lille and Münster. Julia Korbik is the author of several non-fiction books and biographies that deal with the topics of equality and emancipation in various ways, including »Oh, Simone! Warum wir Beauvoir wiederentdecken sollten« (2017, tr. Oh Simone! Why We Should Rediscover Beauvoir), »Simone de Beauvoir. Ich möchte vom Leben alles« (with Julia Bernhard, 2023, tr. Simone de Beauvoir. I Want Everything From Life) and »Schwestern. Die Macht des weiblichen Kollektivs« (2024, tr. Sisters. The Power of the Female Collective). She has received several awards for her work: In November 2018, she received the Luise Büchner Prize for Journalism in Darmstadt. In 2021, she spent two months in Scy-Chazelles, France as a fellow of the Récit’Chazelles literature program. Korbik lives and works in Berlin.
Last update: 2026
