Christine Nöstlinger

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Christine Nöstlinger (born October 13, 1936 in 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
  • The inaugural Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation for Der Hund kommt! (English: A Dog's Life, translated by Anthea Bell) 1996
  • 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

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