Christine Busta

Christine Busta (23 April 1915, Vienna, Austria – 3 December 1987, Vienna) was an Austrian poet and children's writer.

In her work, she stood for an undogmatic Catholicism.

Awards and honours

• 1950 Promotion Prize for Literature
• 1954 Georg Trakl Prize
• 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
• 1980 Honorary Medal of the capital Vienna in gold
• 1980 Austrian Medal for Science and Art
• 1981 Theodor Körner Prize

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