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Christine Nöstlinger

1936 - 2018

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christine Nöstlinger is the 1,446th most popular writer (down from 1,336th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Austria (down from 320th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Austrian Writer.

Christine Nöstlinger is a children's book author and illustrator from Austria. She is most famous for her book, "The Little Witch" which was published in 1968.

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Among writers, Christine Nöstlinger ranks 1,446 out of 7,302. Before her are Jeppe Aakjær, Kenji Miyazawa, Hierocles of Alexandria, Guillaume de Lorris, Francesco Maria Piave, and Du Mu. After her are Javier Marías, Alice Walker, Salawat Yulayev, José de Espronceda, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, and Marie Anne Lenormand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Christine Nöstlinger ranks 104. Before her are Frank Stella, Roy Emerson, Leonel Sánchez, Julio María Sanguinetti, Carol Gilligan, and Gianni Vattimo. After her are Richard E. Stearns, Masashi Watanabe, Ljubiša Samardžić, Anna German, Paul L. Smith, and Santos Abril y Castelló. Among people deceased in 2018, Christine Nöstlinger ranks 85. Before her are David C. H. Austin, Yoshinobu Ishii, Kim Jong-pil, XXXTentacion, Scott Wilson, and Katherine MacGregor. After her are Dorothy Malone, Alan Baker, Gene Sharp, Alan Bean, E. C. George Sudarshan, and Henri Michel.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Christine Nöstlinger ranks 345 out of 1,424. Before her are Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793), Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878), Brigitte Bierlein (1949), Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1539), Hermann Buhl (1924), and Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915). After her are Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632), Toni Sailer (1935), Ernst Krenek (1900), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), and Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Christine Nöstlinger ranks 26. Before her are Miep Gies (1909), August Kubizek (1888), Božena Němcová (1820), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Peter Altenberg (1859), and Joseph Mohr (1792). After her are Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Hermann Bahr (1863), Vicki Baum (1888), Marlen Haushofer (1920), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), and Gitta Sereny (1921).

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