Christine Nöstlinger
Austrian children's and young adult's writer (1936-2018) · Austria · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
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."
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Cornelia Froboess Also in Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig (1976)
Peter Patzak Directed The World Machine (1981)
Andreas Prochaska Directed The 3 Postal Robbers (1998)- Ottokar Runze Produced Conrad: The Factory-Made Boy (1983)
Veit Heiduschka Produced The 3 Postal Robbers (1998)
Gusti Wolf Also in Four Women Are Just Too Much (1992)
Mirjam Unger Directed Maikäfer flieg (2016)
Robert Dietl Directed Conrad: The Factory-Made Boy (1983)
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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.
