The Alex Wedding Prize is a German literary prize awarded to authors of works for children and

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. It is named after children's author Grete Weiskopf-Bernheim (1905–1966), who wrote under the

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"Alex Wedding". From 1968 to 1990 it was awarded by the ''Academy of Arts of the

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'', and since then by its successor, the Academy of Arts, Berlin. An independent three-member jury awarded the prize, valued at €5,000, on Wedding's birthday, 11 May.

Winners

* 1968: Willi Meinck * 1969: Karl Neumann * 1970:

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* 1971: Joachim Nowotny * 1972: Götz R. Richter * 1973: Herbert Friedrich * 1974: Edith Bergner * 1975: Horst Beseler * 1976: Fred Rodrian * 1977:

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* 1978:

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* 1979:

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* 1980:

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and Siegfried Schumacher * 1981: Klaus Beuchler * 1982: Hannes Hüttner * 1983: Peter Abraham * 1984: Lilo Hardel * 1985:

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* 1986:

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* 1987: Wolf Spillner * 1988:

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* 1989:

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* 1990: Walther Petri * 1991: Anne Geelhaar and Christa Kozik * 1992: Peter Hacks * 1998:

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* 2000: Benno Pludra * 2003: F. K. Waechter * 2008:

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References

Literary awards of Berlin Children's literary awards Young adult literature awards 1968 establishments in Germany Awards established in 1968 {{Germany-lit-award-stub