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 References 1915 births 1987 deaths 20th-century Austrian poets 20th-century women writers Austrian lyricists Austrian women writers Austrian women poets Anton Wildgans Prize winners Recipients of the Grand Austrian State Prize Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Austrian Roman Catholics Austrian people of Slavic descent People from Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus Writers from Vienna Burials at Ottakring Cemetery