Heinrich Heine Prize refers to three different awards named in honour of the 19th-century German poet

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of ''Liede ...

: * ''Heinrich Heine prize of

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...

'' * ''Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for Culture'' of the former GDR, which was assigned until 1990 * ''Heinrich Heine Prize'' of the "Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft" in Hamburg

Heinrich Heine prize of the city of Düsseldorf

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The Heinrich Heine prize of the city of

was established on the occasion of Heine's 175th birthday. The honor ''is awarded to personalities who through their work in the spirit of Heine's emphasis on the basic rights of man, advance social and political progress, mutual understanding of the peoples, or spread the idea that all people belong to the same group: mankind''. Beginning in 1972, the Heine prize was awarded every three years; since 1981 it was awarded every two years. The assignment of the Heine prize 1995 was shifted to the year 1996. Since that time the Heine prize is again awarded every two years. It is endowed with ; starting from the year 2006, the 150th after the death of the poet, the city of Düsseldorf has doubled the prize sum to .

Recipients

* 1972 Carl Zuckmayer * 1974 Kito Lorenc * 1975 Pierre Bertaux * 1978 Sebastian Haffner * 1981

Walter Jens Walter Jens (8 March 1923 – 9 June 2013) was a German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer. He was born in Hamburg, and attended the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums from 1933 to 1941, when he gained his Ab ...

* 1983 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker * 1985 Günter Kunert * 1987 Marion Gräfin Dönhoff * 1989 Max Frisch * 1991

Richard von Weizsäcker Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (; 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician ( CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobili ...

* 1993

Wolf Biermann Karl Wolf Biermann (; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song " Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976. Early life Biermann was ...

* 1996 Władysław Bartoszewski * 1998 Hans Magnus Enzensberger * 2000

W. G. Sebald Winfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was being cited by literary critics as one of the g ...

* 2002 Elfriede Jelinek * 2004 Robert Gernhardt * 2006 ''not awarded'' * 2008 Amos Oz * 2010 Simone Veil * 2012 Jürgen Habermas * 2014 Alexander Kluge * 2016

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* 2018 Leoluca Orlando * 2021 * 2022 Yurii Andrukhovych

Controversy concerning Peter Handke

The jury that decided the prize consisted of 5 members of the city government, 1 representative of the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

, the rector of the Heinrich Heine University, and 5 other members (critics and literary experts). The 5 members from the city government have 1 vote each, the others 2 votes each. On 20 May 2006, the jury voted 12:5 to award the prize to Peter Handke (the state representative was not present). The mayor congratulated Handke, and Handke accepted the award. According to press reports, a majority of the city council of Düsseldorf did not want to award the prize to Handke, arguing that his (perceived) support of

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

's oppressive regime was in blatant conflict with the spirit of the prize. According to the statutes of the Heine prize, "the city council awards the prize based on the decision of the jury". On 2 June 2006, jury members Siegrid Löffler and Jean-Pierre Lefèbvre declared to leave the jury in protest. In a letter to Düsseldorf's Mayor Joachim Erwin dated 2 June 2006, Mr Handke refused the award, as he did not want himself and his work to be ''"exposed again and again to the scorn of party politicians"''.Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf – News, Events und Bürgerservice
In a reply of 7 June 2006, Mr Erwin expressed his solidarity with Handke.

Heinrich Heine Prize of the Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft

Since 1965, the Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft ("Heine Society") of Hamburg has presented a literary prize at irregular intervals. It consists of a bronze object "Die Schere der Zensur" ("the scissors of censorship") made by sculptor Bert Gerresheim.

Recipients

*1965 Max Brod *1972 Hilde Domin *1976 Marcel Reich-Ranicki *1981 Martin Walser *1984 Peter Rühmkorf *1989

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Lore Lorentz Lore Lorentz (12 September 1920 – 22 February 1994) was a German Kabarett artist and standup comedian. She was born in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia (today Ostrava in the Czech Republic) as Lore Schirmer. She studied history, German litera ...

*1992 Sarah Kirsch *1994 Tankred Dorst *1997 Ruth Klüger *2000

Bernhard Schlink Bernhard Schlink (; born 6 July 1944) is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel ''The Reader'', which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Earl ...

*2003 Dieter Forte *2006 Alice Schwarzer *2009 Herta Müller *2012

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Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR

The Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR 1950 donated and once annually awarded for lyric works and works of literary journalism. The height of the prize amounted to 15,000 Marks.

Recipients

* 1953 Stefan Heym * 1957 Herbert Nachbar * 1959 Heiner Müller, Wieland Herzfelde * 1960 Gerd Semmer * 1961 Armin Müller * 1962 Hermann Kant * 1963

Heinz Kahlau Heinz Kahlau (6 February 1931 - 6 April 2012) was a German writer. He is remembered as one of the best known lyric poets in the German Democratic Republic. He wrote song lyrics, dramas and prose pieces. He was particularly well known for his ...

* 1964 Christa Wolf, Hugo Huppert * 1965 Heinz Knobloch * 1970 Rolf Recknagel * 1971

Volker Braun Volker Braun (born 7 May 1939 in Dresden) is a German writer. His works include ''Provokation für mich'' (''Provocation for me'') – a collection of poems written between 1959 and 1964 and published in 1965, a play, ''Die Kipper'' (''The Dumpers ...

* 1972 Stephan Hermlin, Hans Kaufmann * 1973 Sarah Kirsch, Ulrich Plenzdorf * 1974 Kito Lorenc * 1975 Irmtraud Morgner, Eva Strittmatter * 1976

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* 1977 Heinz Czechowski * 1978 Egon Richter * 1979 Jürgen Rennert * 1984 Bernt Engelmann (?), John Erpenbeck * 1985 Peter Gosse * 1987 Luise Rinser * 1988 Peter Rühmkorf * 1990 Hans-Eckardt Wenzel

References

External links

Der Heine-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
(official website)

(regulations regarding awarding of the prize)
Zum Heinrich-Heine-Preis der DDR
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heine, Heinrich Culture in Düsseldorf German literary awards Heinrich Heine Municipal awards Awards established in 1972 Awards established in 1965 Awards established in 1953 Awards disestablished in 1990 East German awards

Heinrich Heine prize of the city of Düsseldorf

Recipients

Controversy concerning Peter Handke

Heinrich Heine Prize of the Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft

Recipients

Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR

Recipients

See also

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