Christine Nöstlinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christine Nöstlinger

Austrian children's and young adult's writer

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1936

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 28-Jun-2018

Profession: writer, playwright, illustrator, journalist, children's writer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.