Heinrich Heine Prize from the GDR Ministry of Culture
The Heinrich Heine Prize of the GDR Ministry of Culture 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 . In 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 , Walther Victor
- 1958: Max Zimmering , Bruno Kaiser
- 1959: Walter Stranka , Wieland Herzfelde
- 1960: Lothar Kusche , Gerd Semmer
- 1961: Armin Müller , Peter Edel
- 1962: Hermann Kant , Paul Wiens
- 1963: Heinz Kahlau , Vladimir Pozner
- 1964: Günther Deicke , Hugo Huppert
- 1965: Walter Werner , Heinz Knobloch
- 1966: Helmut Preißler , Bruno Frei
- 1967: Jens Gerlach , Günther Cwojdrak
- 1968: Inge von Wangenheim , Uwe Berger
- 1969: Helmut Hauptmann , Jo Schulz
- 1970: Manfred Streubel , Rolf Recknagel
- 1971: Volker Braun , Werner Neubert
- 1972: Stephan Hermlin , Hans Kaufmann
- 1973: Sarah Kirsch , Gerhard Holtz-Baumert
- 1974: Kito Lorenc , Richard Christ
- 1975: Eva Strittmatter , Jean Villain
- 1976: Dieter Süverkrüp , Heinz Czechowski
- 1977: Gisela Steineckert , Jan Koplowitz
- 1978: Egon Richter
- 1979: Jürgen Rennert
- 1980: Rudolf Hirsch
- 1981: Renate Holland-Moritz
- 1982: John Erpenbeck
- 1983: Daniil Granin
- 1984: Bernt Engelmann
- 1985: Peter Gosse
- 1986: Landolf Scherzer
- 1987: Manfred Jendryschik
- 1988: Peter Rühmkorf
- 1989/90: Steffen Mensching , Hans-Eckardt Wenzel
literature
- I got on a new ship. Heine in the mirror of new poetry and prose . Anthology of the winners of the Heinrich Heine Prize, ed. by Uwe Berger and Werner Neubert. Berlin / Weimar: construction, 1972.
- Award list for the "Heinrich Heine Prize" from 1957 to 1989. Accessed July 31, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the total , with a few winners