Christine Nöstlinger Explained

Christine Nöstlinger
Birth Name:Christine Draxler
Birth Date:13 October 1936
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Resting Place:Hernalser Friedhof, Vienna
Occupation:Children's writer
Language:German, Viennese German
Genres:Children's literature
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Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018[1]) 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."[2] She received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for "lasting contribution to children's literature" in 1984 and was one of three people through 2012 to win both of these major international awards.

Life and career

Nöstlinger was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1936.By her own admission, she 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.[3]

The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature for children, and she also writes for television, radio and newspapers. She centres 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[3]

Her first book was Die 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 is Fly away home (Maikäfer flieg, 1973).[4]

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.

Selected works

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christine Nöstlinger, Clear-Eyed Children's Book Author, Dies at 81 . NY Times . 2018-07-24.
  2. Web site: Astrid Lingren Memorial Award .
  3. Web site: Christine Nostlinger, children's advocate and social critic .
  4. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-022802 "Nöstlinger, Christine"
  5. Web site: Reply to a parliamentary question . German . 1556 . 18 January 2013 .
  6. Web site: Reply to a parliamentary question . German . 2004 . 18 January 2013 .

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