Christine Busta (23 April 1915,

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, Austria – 3 December 1987, Vienna) was an Austrian poet and children's writer. In her work, she stood for an undogmatic

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Awards and honours

* 1950 Promotion Prize for Literature * 1954

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* 1961 Promotion Prize for Literature * 1963 Droste Prize * 1964 Literary Prize of the City of Vienna * 1969 Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature * 1975

Anton Wildgans Prize The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 15,000 Euro and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian ci ...

* 1980 Honorary Medal of the capital Vienna in gold * 1980

Austrian Medal for Science and Art The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art () is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National Co ...

* 1981

Theodor Körner Prize The Theodor Körner Prize (German: ''Theodor-Körner-Preis'') is a set of annual Austrian awards bestowed by the Theodor Körner Fund in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The prize is awarded at the University of Vienna. The priz ...

References

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