Christine Nöstlinger

Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018 ) 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

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.

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. 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) Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2011) Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Books for her life's work (2011) Ten special books for Andersentag Lumpenloretta (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) Der kleine Herr greift ein, 1973 Maikäfer, flieg!, 1973 Ilse Janda, 14 oder Die Ilse ist weg, 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 Gretchen Sackmeier: Eine Familiengeschichte, 1981 Das Austauschkind, 1982 Gretchen hat Hänschen-Kummer, 1983 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