Christine Nöstlinger
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Austrian children's and young adult's writer (1936-2018)
Key facts
- Born
- Christine Draxler , ( 1936-10-13 ) 13 October 1936, Vienna , Austria
- Died
- 28 June 2018 (2018-06-28) (aged 81)
- Resting place
- Hernalser Friedhof, Vienna
- Occupation
- Children's writer
- Language
- German , Viennese German
- Genres
- Children's literature
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Field of work
- children's and young adult literature
- Official website
- www.christine-noestlinger.de
- Image
- 2012 Christine Nöstlinger (6805938102) (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Christine Nöstlinger
- date of birth
- 1936-04-13
- ethnic group
- Austrians
- writing language
- German
- date of death
- 2018-06-28
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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 and was one of three people through 2012 to win both of these major international awards.
Life and career
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