Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018) was an
Austrian
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writer best known for
children's books
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. She received one of two inaugural
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
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s 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
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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
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, Austria, in 1936.
By her own admission, she was a wild and angry child. After finishing high school, she wanted to become an art
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ist, and studied graphic arts
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, Ernst Nöstlinger, with whom she had two daughters.
The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature for children
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and for young people, and she also writes for television
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, radio
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and newspaper
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s. She centres on the needs of children in her work, with an anti-authoritarian
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bent. She does not shy away from tackling difficult subjects like racism
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, discrimination
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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''.
WorldCat reports that her work most widely held in participating libraries is ''Fly away home'' (''Maikäfer flieg'', 1973).["Nöstlinger, Christine"]
WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
Awards and recognition
The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award
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conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is an international non-profit organization committed to bringing books and children together. The headquarters of the IBBY are located in Basel, Switzerland.
IBBY history
In 1952, Jella Lepm ...
is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Nöstlinger received the writing award in 1984.[
* Friedrich Bödecker Prize (1972)
* ]German Youth Literature Prize
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''Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis'' (1973 - ''Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig'' (The Cucumber king); 1988)
* Austrian State Prize
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The categories are:
: Fine arts (first award in 19 ...
for Children's Literature (1974 - ''Achtung! Vranek sieht ganz harmlos aus'' (Attention! Vranek looks quite harmless); 1979 - ''Rosa Riedl Schutzgespenst'' (Rosa Riedl protection ghost))
* Viennese Youth Literature Prize (''Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis der Stadt Wien''), five-time winner
* Mildred L. Batchelder Award
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for ''Konrad oder das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse'' (Konrad or the Child out of the Tin) (1979)
* Hans Christian Andersen Award (1984)
* Nestroy Ring
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(1986)
* Zurich Youth Literature Prize (''Zürcher Kinderbuchpreis'') for "La vache qui lit" (1990)
* First Prize of the Arts Foundation (1993)
* The inaugural Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation
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for ''Der Hund kommt!'' (English: ''A Dog's Life'', translated by Anthea Bell
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), 1996
* Styrian Leseeule for ''Am Montag ist alles ganz anders'' (Monday everything is completely different) (1997)
* Honorary Award of the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action (1998)
* Wild females Prize (2002)
* Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
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(2003)[
* ]Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
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History
The "Austrian D ...
(2003)
* 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)
* (2011)
Selected works
* ''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)
* ', 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
* ''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
See also
References
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1936 births
2018 deaths
Writers from Vienna
Austrian children's writers
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winners
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing winners
Austrian women writers
Recipients of the Austrian State Prize
Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Austrian women children's writers
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
20th-century Danish women writers
20th-century Austrian writers