Franziska Becker

Between 1972 and 1976 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, where she was taught by Markus Lüpertz, among others.

Since then Becker's cartoons, caricatures and illustrations have appeared in numerous German magazines and journals.

Her work has been seen in the tradition of caricaturist Marie Marcks, "the Grande Dame of political caricature in Germany".

Following the award, some of her cartoons showing Muslim women in headscarves and burqas were criticized on social media and by German journalists Sibel Schick and Teresa Bücker as racist stereotypes.

[5] On the other hand, German activist Zana Ramadani, of Albanian Muslim descent, defended Becker's caricatures on the grounds of her own experience and opposition towards obligatory headscarfs.