Christine Nöstlinger | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Christine Nöstlinger in 2012 | |
| Born | Christine Draxler (1936-10-13)13 October 1936 Vienna,Austria |
| Died | 28 June 2018(2018-06-28) (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Hernalser Friedhof, Vienna |
| Occupation | Children's writer |
| Language | German,Viennese German |
| Genres | Children's literature |
Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018[1]) was anAustrian writer best known forchildren's books. She received one of two inauguralAstrid 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."[2] She received theHans Christian Andersen Medal for "lasting contribution to children's literature" in 1984[3] and was one of three people through 2012 to win both of these major international awards.
Nöstlinger was born inVienna, Austria, in 1936.By her own admission, she was a wild and angry child. After finishing high school, she wanted to become anartist, and studiedgraphic arts at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. She worked as a graphic artist for a few years, before marrying ajournalist, Ernst Nöstlinger, with whom she had two daughters.[4]
The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature forchildren, and she also wrote fortelevision,radio andnewspapers. She centered on the needs of children in her work, with ananti-authoritarian bent. She is known for controversial topics discussing race, gender, sexuality and nationality[4]
Her first book wasDie feuerrote Friederike, published in 1970, which she illustrated herself. The book was published in English in 1975.
WorldCat reports that her work most widely held in participating libraries isFly away home (Maikäfer flieg, 1973).[5]
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.[6]
The biennialHans Christian Andersen Award conferred by theInternational 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.[7][3]
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