The Heinrich Heine Prize of the Ministry of Culture of the

GDR East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

was founded on February 17, 1956 and awarded once a year on December 13, Heine's birthday, for lyrical works and works of literary journalism . The price since 1979 was 10,000 and later 15,000 marks . 1989 the prize was not awarded, but in 1990 for both years. The Ministry of Culture existed until October 1990.

Award winners

* 1957:

Karl Schnog Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoe ...

, Walther Victor * 1958: Max Zimmering,

Bruno Kaiser Bruno Kaiser (5 February 1911 – 27 January 1982) was a Marxist scholar of German studies who became a journalist and, during the Nazi period, a resistance activist. In his later years he became, in addition, a distinguished librarian. Life ...

* 1959: Walter Stranka,

Wieland Herzfelde Wieland Herzfelde ( Herzfeld; 11 April 1896 – 23 November 1988) was a German publisher and writer. He is particularly known for his links with German avant-garde art and Marxist thought, and was the brother of the photo montage artist John H ...

* 1960: Lothar Kusche, Gerd Semmer * 1961: Armin Müller, Peter Edel * 1962:

Hermann Kant Hermann Kant (; 14 June 1926 – 14 August 2016) was a German writer noted for his writings during the time of East Germany. He won the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1967. He served the Stasi as an informer under the codename ''IM Martin''. Early lif ...

, Paul Wiens * 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 p ...

Vladimir Pozner Vladimir Pozner may refer to *Vladimir Pozner Jr. (born 1934), French-born Russian-American journalist and broadcaster * Vladimir Pozner Sr. (1908–1975), Soviet spy *Vladimir Pozner (writer) Vladimir Solomonovich Pozner (; 5 January 1905 in P ...

* 1964:

Günther Deicke Günther Deicke (21 October 1922 – 14 June 2006) was a German poet and journalist. Life Born in Hildburghausen, in 1940 Deicke joined the NSDAP. Under the Nazi regime he was Hitler Youth Führer. From 1941 to 1945, he was deployed as a sai ...

Hugo Huppert Hugo Huppert (5 June 1902 in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia – 25 March 1982 in Vienna) was an Austrian poet, translator and writer. Decorations and awards

* 1964: Heinrich Heine Prize#Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR, ...

* 1965:

Walter Werner Walter Gotthard Werner (11 April 1883 – 8 January 1956) was a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1921 to 1956. Selected filmography References External links

* 1883 births 1956 deaths German male film acto ...

, Heinz Knobloch * 1966:

Helmut Preißler Helmut Preißler (16 December 1925, in Cottbus – 20 December 2010, in Bad Saarow) was a German writer and poet. Life Preißler was born in Cottbus. His father was a weaver and his mother worked in the garment industry. On leaving school he be ...

, Bruno Frei * 1967: Jens Gerlach, Günther Cwojdrak * 1968:

Inge von Wangenheim Ingeborg "Inge" von Wangenheim (; 1 July 1912 – 6 April 1993) was a Weimar Germany, German actress who married Gustav von Wangenheim, actor Gustav Von Wangenheim and joined the Communist Party of Germany, Communist Party. After the Second W ...

, Uwe Berger * 1969:

Helmut Hauptmann Helmut Hauptmann (born 12 March 1928) is a German writer who was mainly active in the then East Germany. Life Helmut Hauptmann grew up in a working-class family in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Near the end of World War II, he served as a Luftwaffenhelfe ...

, Jo Schulz * 1970: Manfred Streubel, 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 Dumpe ...

, Werner Neubert * 1972: Stephan Hermlin,

Hans Kaufmann Hans Kaufmann (born 13 June 1948) is a Swiss politician and business consultant. He was a member of the Swiss National Council from 1999 to 2014. Political career He was born in Ettiswil. He was first elected to the Swiss National Council in 1 ...

* 1973:

Sarah Kirsch Sarah Kirsch (; 16 April 1935 – 5 May 2013) was a German poet. Biography Sarah Kirsch was originally born Ingrid Bernstein in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony but had changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against her father's ...

, Gerhard Holtz-Baumert * 1974:

Kito Lorenc Kito Lorenc (4 March 1938 – 24 September 2017) was a Sorbian writer, lyric poet and translator. He was a grandson of the writer and politician Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski. Lorenc attended the Sorbian boarding high school in Cottbus from 1952 to 1956 ...

, Richard Christ * 1975:

Eva Strittmatter Eva Strittmatter (née Braun; 8 February 1930 – 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature. Her books of poems sold millions of copies, reportedly making her the most successful German poet of the second ha ...

, Jean Villain * 1976: Dieter Süverkrüp,

Heinz Czechowski Heinz Czechowski (7 February 1935 – 21 October 2009) was a German poet and dramatist. At the age of ten, Czechowski survived the highly destructive bombing of his birthplace of Dresden. After training in surveying and graphic design, he studied ...

* 1977:

Gisela Steineckert Gisela Steineckert (born 13 May 1931) is a German writer known for her books and song lyrics. She has also written numerous radio plays and several film scripts. In terms of published output she was particularly prolific before 1989, but her p ...

, Jan Koplowitz * 1978: Egon Richter * 1979: Jürgen Rennert * 1980: Rudolf Hirsch * 1981: Renate Holland-Moritz * 1982: John Erpenbeck * 1983:

Daniil Granin Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin (; 1 January 1919 – 4 July 2017), original family name German (), was a Soviet and Russian author. Life and career Granin started writing in the 1930s, while he was still an engineering student at the Leningrad Pol ...

* 1984: * 1985:

Peter Gosse Peter Gosse (born 6 October 1938 in Leipzig) is a German poet, prose author and essayist. Life Peter Gosse first completed a study of high frequency technology in Moscow. After working as an engineer, he became a freelance writer in East German ...

* 1986: Landolf Scherzer * 1987: Manfred Jendryschik * 1988:

Peter Rühmkorf Peter Rühmkorf (25 October 1929 – 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature. Rühmkorf's literary career started in 1952 in Hamburg with the magazine ''Zwischen den Kriegen'' ("Between the Wars"), ...

* 1989/90: Steffen Mensching, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel

References

Verleihungsliste zum "Heinrich-Heine-Preis" von 1957 bis 1989.
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