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Name
  
Karl Bruckner

Role
  
Writer

Movies
  
A Trip to the Moon


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Died
  
October 25, 1982, Vienna, Austria

Books
  
The Day of the Bomb, The Golden Pharaoh

Karl Bruckner, (January 9, 1906 – October 25, 1982) was an Austrian children's writer.

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Karl Bruckner Sadako will leben by Karl Bruckner

Committed to peace, international understanding, and social justice, he became one of Austria's leading writers for young people.

Karl Bruckner Sadako will leben by Karl Bruckner

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, (Sadako wants to live) (1961), published in more than 122 countries and in 22 languages )
  • Die Spatzenelf (2000)

    • References

    Karl Bruckner Wikipedia
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