- Karl Bruckner
Karl Bruckner, (
January 9 1906 –October 25 1982 ) was anAustria nchildren 'swriter .Committed to peace, international understanding, and social justice, he became one of Austria's leading writers for young people. [Eoin Bourke, Hermann Rasche, Christiane Schönfeld, "Festschrift für Eoin Bourke" (Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, 2004) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dMbcfvA-AwoC&pg=PA299&lpg=PA299&dq=Karl+Bruckner&source=web&ots=a7MgZnQduj&sig=K0Gjgo4oFzcoW12Xmkm4bVkfkOs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result p. 299] at books.google.co.uk]
Life
The son of a printer, Bruckner grew up in the Viennese suburb of
Ottakring and became a motor mechanic. He began to write in 1946. He travelled widely.Awards
*the City of Vienna Children's Book Prize - 1954 for "Giovanna und der Sumpf"
*Austrian Children's Book Prize - 1956 for "Die Strolche von Neapel"
*the City of Vienna Youth Book Prize - 1957 for "Der goldene Pharao"
*Austrian Children's Book Prize - 1961 for "Sadako will leben" ('The Day of the Bomb')Books
*"Giovanna und der Sumpf" (1954)
*"Die Strolche von Neapel" (1955)
*"The Golden Pharaoh " (English translation, 1959)
*"Viva Mexico " (1962)
*"The Day of the Bomb " (1962) (English translation of "Sadako will leben" (1961), published in more than 122 countries and in 22 languages
*"Die Spatzenelf " (2000)References
External links
* [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=118515810 Karl Bruckner]
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