Christine Busta

Christine Busta (23 April 1915, Vienna, Austria – 3 December 1987, Vienna) was an Austrian poet.

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