Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018) was an Austrian writer best known for children's books. She received one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in children's literature, for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense." She received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for "lasting contribution to children's literature" in 1984

The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature for children, and she also wrote for television, radio and newspapers. She centered on the needs of children in her work, with an anti-authoritarian bent. She is known for controversial topics discussing race, gender, sexuality and nationality.

In 2021, an award in her name, Christine-Nöstlinger-Preis, was jointly established by the city of Vienna and the Union of Austrian book publishers.

Awards and recognition

The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Nöstlinger received the writing award in 1984.

  • Willy and Helga-Verlon sale price (2009)
  • Book Prize of the Vienna Business (2010)
  • Corine Honorary Award of the Bavarian Minister for lifetime achievement (2011)
  • Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2011)
  • Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Books for her life's work (2011)
  • Ten special books for Andersentag Lumpenloretta (2011)

Selected works

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  • Die feuerrote Friederike, 1970 (Fiery Frederica, 1975)
  • Ein Mann für Mama, 1972
  • Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig, 1972 (The Cucumber King, 1975)
  • Der kleine Herr greift ein, 1973
  • Maikäfer, flieg!, 1973
  • Ilse Janda, 14 oder Die Ilse ist weg, 1974
  • Achtung! Vranek sieht ganz harmlos aus, 1974
  • Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse, 1975 (Conrad: The Factory-Made Boy, 1976)
  • Die unteren 7 Achtel des Eisbergs, 1978
  • Rosa Riedl Schutzgespenst, 1979
  • Dschi-Dsche-i-Dschunior, 1980
  • Gretchen Sackmeier: Eine Familiengeschichte, 1981
  • Das Austauschkind, 1982
  • Gretchen hat Hänschen-Kummer, 1983
  • Am Montag ist alles ganz anders, 1984
  • Haushaltsschnecken leben länger, 1985
  • Der geheime Großvater, 1986
  • Man nennt mich Ameisenbär, 1986
  • Die nie geschriebenen Briefe der Emma K., 75, 1988
  • Der Zwerg im Kopf, 1989
  • Einen Löffel für den Papa, 1989
  • Der gefrorene Prinz, 1997

See also

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  • List of Austrian writers

References

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