Christine Nöstlinger, 81, Prolific, Award-Winning Children´s Author
(ArtsJournal)

“[Her] more than 150 books - including works about an oppressive ‘cucumber king’ who lords over a cellar and a ‘factory-made boy’ who always goes to bed on time - earned her some of the highest honors in children’s literature, … sold millions of copies and were translated into 30 languages.�