Although it is true that translations of books by Hans de Beer (Der kleine Eisbär), picture books by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert and the history of the Quakers (The peaceable kingdom) by Jan de Hartog were distributed in Austria in the 1980s via book clubs and German publishing houses based in Vienna, it cannot be claimed that Dutch literature was really visible in Austria in this period. This picture changed from the nineties onwards.

The first works by Rindert Kromhout were already published in Austria at the end of the 1980s by Annette Betz-Verlag (then still based in Berlin, now part of G&G-Verlag in Vienna). When the first translation by Dutch author Rindert Kromhout was published by Picus, Kromhout was already very well known in the German-speaking world. Kromhout, whose work has been translated into many languages and won various prizes, had made his debut in the German-speaking world together with Veronica Hazelhoff, who was also widely translated, with the anthology Oma, Punk & Warenhaus. This publication was soon followed by the stories of Merel and her toy dog Alexander. The stories of the bandit Bert and the adventures of Olaf the Robber were also quite successful in Germany, the latter in translation by Mirjam Pressler, also known as the translator of The Diary of Anne Frank. 

"In just a few words, Kromhout very sensitively sketches small problems and big feelings that every child is sure to have. These are, for example, the fear of being alone, the joy of seeing loved ones again, friendships. With a lot of humour and very appealing pictures, his books have thrilled me and I have heard the same from many parents." (Daniel Löcker).

Kromhout's first two books at Picus-Verlag were published under licence by Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag. They are Katzen fangen [Catching Cats] - about Lies whose mother keeps cats in the barn - and Oskars sonderbare Gäste [Oskar's Strange Guests], a story about unemployment and about Oskar who would like to collect and keep as many animals as he can at home. Daniel Löcker's first translation of Kromhout was published in 1999. Das große Fest [The Great Feast] tells the story of Bill who falls ill during the New Year festivities and is cared for and comforted by his friend Will. In the same year, another story of Bill and Will (Was will der Dieb in unserem Haus? [What Does the Thief Want in Our House?]) was published, again translated by Daniel Löcker but this time in cooperation with Picus’ publisher Dorothea Löcker. In 2001 the publication of Was für eine Geschichte! [What a Story!] followed. Daniel Löcker really attracted attention with his translations of the stories of a little donkey that wants to be big. In 2003 Löcker's Der kleine Esel und sein Geschenk für Jaki [The Little Donkey and His Present for Jaki] (2002) was crowned with the Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize - a prize awarded annually for the most successful children's and young people's book of a production year.

In addition to Van Loon and Kromhout, Daniel Löcker has made a whole series of works by other authors of children's and youth literature from the Dutch-speaking world known in Austria. In most cases, he presented individual titles by authors already known in German-speaking countries. This applies, for example, to the work of Henk Hokke as well as to the Dutch author Trude de Jong, whose Lola der Bär [Lola the Bear] was a great success in the German-speaking world. From the works of Trude de Jong, Daniel Löcker also translated Ein Kätzchen für Daniel [A Kitten for Daniel], the story of a somewhat different boy who loves kittens rather than motorbikes. From the works of the very successful Anke de Vries, Daniel Löcker translated for Austrian readers Trau dich doch [Do you dare?] and Mein Hund Flip [My dog Flip], about Flip the dog that never barked. Daniel Löcker translated Rätselhafte E-mails für Tim [Mysterious Emails for Tim] the exciting story of Tim, who receives emails intended for another person and therefore sets out to find them by Martine Letterie, who is well-known in Germany for her stories about Robin, the brave son of a knight.

"[With Eine Prinzessin kommt selten allein] Hans Kuyper has written a cheeky, unconventional story about first love with a surprising approach to solving an all too familiar problem." (Thuswald, 2007, p. 12.)

A controversy arose around Eine Prinzessin kommt selten allein [A Princess Rarely Comes Alone] (2000). In 2001 the translators Daniel Löcker, Alice Hoogstad and the author Hans Kuyper were awarded the Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature for this book, but Hans Kuyper and Alice Hoogstad refused the prize because of the participation of Jörg Haider's Free Democrats in the Austrian government at that time. Despite this, Löcker once again laid the foundation for an author's breakthrough with his work, not only in Austria but also in Germany (in 2004 Zu dritt im Dunkeln [Three in the Dark] was published by Picus).

Daniel Löcker shaped the image of Dutch children's and youth literature in Austria like no other, and it’s a pity that he hasn’t published any translations of further Dutch titles since 2005. Currently (2021) Daniel Löcker works as 'Deputy Head of the Department of Culture & Science of the City of Vienna'.