Christine Nöstlinger
Christine Nöstlinger 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." 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.
The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature for children, and she also wrote for television, radio and newspapers. She centered 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
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.
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.
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.- Friedrich Bödecker Prize
- German Youth Literature Prize Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
- Austrian State Prize for Children's Literature ; 1979 - Rosa Riedl Schutzgespenst )
- Viennese Youth Literature Prize, five-time winner
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Konrad oder das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse
- Hans Christian Andersen Award
- Zurich Youth Literature Prize for "La vache qui lit"
- First Prize of the Arts Foundation
- The inaugural Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation for Der Hund kommt!, 1996
- Styrian Leseeule for Am Montag ist alles ganz anders
- Honorary Award of the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action
- Wild females Prize
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
- Willy and Helga-Verlon sale price
- Book Prize of the Vienna Business
- Corine Honorary Award of the Bavarian Minister for lifetime achievement
- Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Books for her life's work
- Ten special books for ''Andersentag Lumpenloretta''
Selected works
Die feuerrote Friederike, 1970 Ein Mann für Mama, 1972Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig, 1972- Maikäfer, flieg!, 1973
- Ilse Janda, 14 oder Die Ilse ist weg, 1974Achtung! Vranek sieht ganz harmlos aus, 1974Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse, 1975 Die unteren 7 Achtel des Eisbergs, 1978Rosa Riedl Schutzgespenst, 1979Dschi-Dsche-i-Dschunior, 1980
- Gretchen Sackmeier: Eine Familiengeschichte, 1981Das Austauschkind, 1982
- Gretchen hat Hänschen-Kummer, 1983Am Montag ist alles ganz anders, 1984Haushaltsschnecken leben länger, 1985Der geheime Großvater, 1986Man nennt mich Ameisenbär, 1986Die nie geschriebenen Briefe der Emma K., 75, 1988Der Zwerg im Kopf, 1989Einen Löffel für den Papa, 1989Der gefrorene Prinz, 1997