Christine Nöstlinger

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Christine Nöstlinger (born October 13, 1936 at Vienna) is an Austrian writer.

By her own admission, Nöstlinger was a wild and angry child. After finishing high school, she wanted to become an artist, and studied graphic arts at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. She worked as a graphic artist for a few years, before marrying a journalist, Ernst Nöstlinger, with whom she had two daughters. Today she alternates between her home in Vienna and a country house in Lower Austria.

The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature for children and for young people; however, she also writes for television, radio and newspapers. She centres on the needs of children in her work, with an anti-authoritarian bent. She does not shy away from tackling difficult subjects like racism, discrimination and self-isolation.

Her first book was Die feuerrote Friederike, published in 1970, which she illustrated herself. The book was published in English in 1975 as Fiery Frederica.

[edit] Awards and recognition

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) 1973, 1988
Friedrich Bödecker Prize 1972
Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis der Stadt Wien (Viennese Youth Literature Prize) (five-time winner)
Österreichischer Staatspreis für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Austrian Youth Literature Prize) 1974, 1979
Hans Christian Andersen Award 1984
Tolereis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln 1998
Zürcher Kinderbuchpreis "La vache qui lit" (Zurich Youth Literature Prize) 1990
Erster Preis der Stiftung Buchkunst 1993
Wildweibchenpreis 2002
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2003

[edit] Bibliography (selection)

Die feuerrote Friederike, 1970 (Fiery Frederica, 1975)
Ein Mann für Mama, 1972
Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig, 1972 (The Cucumber King, 1975)
Maikäfer flieg, 1973 (Fly away Home 1975)
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
Das Austauschkind, 1982
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