List of winners of the National Prize of the GDR 1st class for art and literature

This list represents the winners of the National Prize of the GDR in the first class for art and literature. For the other levels, see the list of winners of the National Prize of the GDR .

Listed by years

1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1949-1959

year	Award winners		Reason for award	annotation
1949 ↑	Heinrich Mann	writer	contributed with his novels such as B. The subject contributes significantly to the renewal of German intellectual life
	Johannes R. Becher	Poet and prose poet	With his works he consistently took part in the struggle for the spiritual renewal of Germany
	Joseph Keilberth Christel Goltz Jaro Prohaska Josef Herrmann		for the maintenance of classical German opera
1950 ↑	Johannes R. Becher	writer	for the creation of the German national anthem	what is meant is the national anthem of the GDR
	Hanns Eisler
	Arnold Zweig	writer	for his entire literary work
	Collective of the film The Council of Gods		for the socially most important film of the last year
	Kurt Maetzig	Director
	Friedrich Wolf	writer
	Friedl Behn-Grund	camera operator
	Wilhelm Schiller	architect
1951 ↑	Anna Seghers	Writer, member of the German Academy of the Arts in Berlin	With her poetic oeuvre, Anna Seghers is one of the most important personalities in German literature. Of her works, “ The Rescue ”, “ The Seventh Cross ”, “ Transit ”, “ Excursion of the Dead Girls ” and “The Line” stand out due to their strong, realistic creative power. Your stories “Die Kinder” are among the most important publications for the World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace .
	Bertolt Brecht	Writer, member of the German Academy of Arts in Berlin	Bertolt Brecht is one of the great contemporary German poets. With such poems as “Svendborger Sonette”, “To my countrymen”, “The Children's Crusade”, “Liberty and Democracy”, “Upbringing the Millet” and many others, Bertolt Brecht helps the struggle for peace and progress and for a happy future for mankind respectively.
	Martin Andersen Nexö	writer	Martin Andersen Nexö's life's work has gone down in world literature. It is deeply connected to the struggle of the working class for a dignified existence. In his great, realistic works, created out of a genuinely humanistic ethos, Martin Andersen Nexö stood up for the true vital interests of the German people and thus made an important contribution to the struggle for the maintenance of peace.
1952 ↑	Erich Weinert	Writer, member of the German Academy of the Arts	for his great poetry, especially for his works "Memento Stalingrad" and "Camaradas"
	Collective " The Condemned Village "		for the film “The condemned village”, in which the national freedom struggle of our people was filmed for the first time with artistic mastery and the masses moving power
	Martin Hellberg	Director and actor
	Kurt Stern	writer
	Jeanne Stern	Writer
	Karl Plintzner	camera operator
	Eduard von Winterstein	actor
	Albert Garbe	actor
	Architect collective		for good performance in the construction of Stalinallee , which means turning away from constructivism and the first step on the way to a new national building culture in Germany, which is filled with the spirit of socialist realism
	Hermann Henselmann	Head of Master Workshop I at the German Building Academy Berlin
	Hanns Hopp	Head of the Master Workshop II of the German Building Academy Berlin
	Richard Paulick	Head of Meisterwerkstadt III of the German Building Academy Berlin
	Kurt Leucht	Chief architect, head of the urban development department of the German Building Academy in Berlin, head of project planning section D of Stalinallee, Berlin
	Egon Hartmann	Chief architect, head of project planning section B of Stalinallee, Berlin
	Karl Souradny	Chief architect, head of project planning section F of Stalinallee, Berlin
1953 ↑	Lion Feuchtwanger	writer	for his great poetic output, which is dedicated to the struggle for humanity and democracy and which is an essential part of contemporary German literature
1954 ↑	Collective of the Thälmann film		for the design of the nationally and internationally significant DEFA film Ernst Thälmann - son of his class
	Willi Bredel	Screenwriter
	Michael Tschesno-Hell	Screenwriter
	Kurt Maetzig	Director
	Günther Simon	actor
	Karl Plintzner	camera operator
1955 ↑	Leonhard Frank	writer	for all of his humanistic, literary work, which occupies an important place in the new German prose literature
1956 ↑	not awarded?
1957 ↑	not awarded?
1958 ↑	Fritz Cremer	sculptor
	Hanns Eisler	composer
1959 ↑	Anna Seghers	Writer
	Eduard von Winterstein	actor

1960-1969

year	Award winners		Reason for award	annotation
1960 ↑	Walter Felsenstein	Artistic director and director of the Komische Oper Berlin	for his outstanding services in creating a realistic music theater of the highest national and international rank, especially for his last productions " Hoffmanns Erzählungen " and " Othello "
	Helene Weigel	State actress, director of the Berliner Ensemble	for her outstanding acting achievements and for her great services as director of the Berliner Ensemble in continuation of Bertolt Brecht's work and in the preservation of his legacy as a great contribution to the creation of a socialist national theater that has found recognition all over the world
	Franz Konwitschny	1st General Music Director of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin , Chief Conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra	for his outstanding achievements as a concert and opera conductor, especially for the masterful interpretation of the works of Beethoven , Brahms , Wagner , Bruckner and Strauss , which have received national and international attention and high recognition
1961 ↑	Ludwig Renn	writer	for his great literary life's work, which is dedicated to the struggle for peace and socialism
	Collective of the television film work conscience in turmoil		for their part in the creation and design of the television film “Conscience in Turmoil”, which, through its artistic and political expressiveness, makes an essential contribution to the fight against militarism and to the maintenance of peace
	Hans Oliva-Hagen
	Günter Reisch
	Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
	Erwin Geschonneck
	Inge Keller
1962 ↑	not awarded
1963 ↑	Creator collective of the film " Naked Among Wolves "		for her excellent performance in the film adaptation of the novel " Naked Among Wolves ", which is a masterful new creation
	Bruno Apitz
	Frank Beyer
	Günter Marczinkowsky
	Alfred Hirschmeier
	Ernst Hermann Meyer	composer	for his vocal symphonic, chamber music and symphonic compositions, which are of pioneering importance for the socialist-realistic music creation of our time
1964 ↑	Hans Marchwitza	writer	for his literary life's work, with which he made an excellent contribution to socialist German national literature has done
1965 ↑	Paul Dessau	composer	for his compositional oeuvre of high artistic standing, committed to the cause of peace, progress and socialism
1966 ↑	Ernst Busch	actor	for his outstanding achievements as an actor and folk singer, for his recordings of the Aurora production, especially for the songs of the working class and the Great October Socialist Revolution
1967 ↑	Ottmar Gerster	composer	for his significant and extensive compositional work, which is an integral part of socialist musical culture
	Lea Grundig	Graphic designer	for their artistic work, which is of great importance for shaping the socialist image of man in the visual arts
1968 ↑	Wolfgang Heinz	Director of the Deutsches Theater Berlin	for his significant contribution to the development of the socialist German national theater as a director and actor, especially for his productions of " War and Peace " and " Enemies " as well as for the exemplary interpretations of " Lear " and " Nathan "
	Collective of the film " The Flag of Krivoy Rog "		for his contribution to the excellent design of an important topic of the revolutionary struggle of the German working class, using the example of the struggle of the Mansfeld miners in the film "The flag of Krivoy Rog"
	Kurt Maetzig	Director
	Hans-Albert Pederzani	writer
	Erwin Geschonneck	actor
	Marga Legal	actress
	Erich Gusko	camera operator
	Collective of the film " I was nineteen "		for his contribution to the artistically convincing design of an essential section of German history in the feature film "I was nineteen"
	Konrad Wolf	Director
	Wolfgang Kohlhaase	writer
	Werner Bergmann	camera operator
	Collective of the television film " Time is happiness "		for his part in the creation of the television film “Zeit ist Glück”, this pioneering achievement of contemporary socialist drama, whose special value lies in the television-appropriate artistic design of the latest social development processes of socialism and the leading role of the working class
	Benito Wogatzki	author
	Lothar Bellag	Director
	Wolf Kaiser	actor
	Christine Schorn	actress
	Adam Pöpperl	1st cameraman
	Collective of the television film " Routes across the country "		for his share in the path taken by German farmers since 1945, which was created with artistic mastery in the television film "Weg über Land", which convincingly and massively brought about the revolutionary upheaval in the countryside and the deep socialist changes in life and people in the two revolutions Experience
	Helmut Sakowski	Writer and author
	Martin Eckermann	Director
	Helga Korff-Edel	Dramaturge
	Hans-Jürgen Heimlich	Chief cameraman
	Ursula Karusseit	actress
	Manfred Krug	actor
	Christa Lehmann	actress
1969 ↑	Collective of the television film " Krupp and Krause - Krause and Krupp "		for his part in the television film "Krupp und Krause - Krause und Krupp", which shaped a large period of German history with partiality and artistic mastery
	Gerhard Bengsch	author
	Horst Brandt	Director and cameraman
	Ottomar Lang	Dramaturge
	Heinz Nahke	Member of the State Committee for Television at the Council of Ministers of the GDR
	Günther Simon	actor
	Helga Goering	actress
	Herbert Köfer	actor
	Collective of the television film "Hans Beimler, Kamerad"		for his part in the television film " Hans Beimler , Kamerad", which designed the heroic struggle of the German working class, especially the German communists, against fascism and imperialism, for peace, democracy and socialism in an exciting work of art and of great importance for the revolutionary education of the youth is
	Rudi Kurz	Writer and director
	Wenzel Renner	Dramaturge
	Horst Schulze	actor
	Walter Jupé	actor
	Horst Hardt	camera operator
	Alfred Kurella	writer	for his extraordinary achievements in the field of literary and cultural studies
	Theo Adam	Chamber singer at the German State Opera Berlin	for his masterly creative power and exceptionally high artistic achievements, which helped the opera art of the GDR to achieve great international renown

1970-1979

year	Names	function	reason	annotation
1970 ↑	Walter Felsenstein , director of the Komische Oper Berlin Kurt Masur , chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic and Gewandhauskapellmeister Hanns Nocker , opera singer at the Komische Oper Berlin Otto Merz , cameraman	Creator collective of the television film "Othello"	for his share in the exemplary artistic achievement in the filming of the opera " Othello " in the production of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper for the color program of the German television station
1971 ↑	Anna Seghers	Writer	in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the preservation of the humanistic values ​​of culture and the development of a socialist national culture	Crossing (narration)
	Alexander Abusch	Member of the SED Central Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	for his cultural-political and literary works
	Wera Küchenmeister , author Claus Küchenmeister , author Horst E. Brandt , director Günter Haubold , cameraman	Creator collective of the DEFA feature film KLK an PTX - The Red Chapel	for his high ideological and artistic achievement and the deep emotional message achieved by the film KLK to PTX - The Red Chapel
	Konrad Wolf , director Angel Wagenstein , author Konstantin Ryshow , cameraman Alfred Hirschmeier , production designer Werner Bergmann , cameraman	Creator collective of the DEFA feature film " Goya "	for the film “Goya” based on the novel by Lion Feuchtwanger, created in collaboration with the Soviet Union
1972 ↑	Martin Eckermann , director Hans-Jürgen Heimlich , head cameraman Helga Korff-Edel , dramaturge Helmut Sakowski , writer	Creative collective for the television film "The Conspirators"	for the design of the television film “The Conspirators”, which convincingly reveals the strength of the working class led by the Marxist-Leninist party
	Fritz Cremer	Sculptor and full member of the GDR Academy of Arts	for masterful artistic design of socialist ideas in his extensive work of monument art and graphic work
	Peter Schreier	Opera singer at the German State Opera Berlin	for his artistic achievements as a singer and performer in numerous important roles and singing roles in contemporary opera and music
1973 ↑	Hans-Helmut Hunger	Head of the Central Music Corps of the FDJ	for his services in the development of the Central Music Corps of the FDJ and the pioneer organization "Ernst Thälmann" , in particular in the design of the opening event of the X. World Festival of Youth and Students
	Gisela May	Actress at the Berliner Ensemble	for her achievements as a character actress, for her contribution to the development of entertainment art in the GDR
	Hermann Kant	Writer, full member of the GDR Academy of Arts	for his contemporary work, especially for his novels, which shape the development of a new socialist society in the first German workers and peasants state
1974 ↑	Kurt Sanderling	Chief conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and full member of the Academy of the Arts of the GDR	for his significant contribution to the maintenance of classical and contemporary music culture
	Hans Pitra	Director of the Metropoltheater Berlin	for his many years of service as a theater director and director
	Paul Dessau	Composer, university professor, full member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR	for his significant compositional work and his contribution to the development of socialist music culture
1975 ↑	Stephan Hermlin	Writer, full member of the GDR Academy of Arts	for his literary work
	Ernst Hermann Meyer	Member of the Central Committee of the SED , President of the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR and full member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR	for his compositional work
1976 ↑	Jurij Brězan	full member of the GDR Academy of Arts and writer	for his literary oeuvre
	Hans Pischner	Director of the German State Opera Berlin , Vice President and full member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR	for his artistic oeuvre
	Erwin Strittmatter	full member of the GDR Academy of Arts and writer	for his literary oeuvre
1977 ↑	Peter Hacks	writer	for his dramatic oeuvre
	Joachim Herz	Director of the Komische Oper Berlin	for his extraordinary contribution as a director to the development of socialist theater in the GDR
	Albert Hetterle	Director of the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin	for his contribution to the development of contemporary socialist drama
	Werner Klemke	Draftsman and graphic artist	for his internationally recognized graphic and visual artistic oeuvre
	Lieutenant Colonel Karl-Heinz Büttner , Gertrude Dachsel , Lieutenant Colonel Hans Drewicke , Gottfried Flechsig , Horst Pönisch	Collective for the management, design and directing for the sports show and the major events on the occasion of the VI. Gymnastics and sports festivals and the VI. Children and youth party of the GDR 1977	for his outstanding contribution in managing the sporting and artistic design and directing the sports show and the final event
1978 ↑	Johann Cilenšek	Professor of composition and composition and leader of the master class at the "Franz Liszt" Music Academy in Weimar	for his compositional work
	Günter Görlich	writer	for his entire literary work, especially for his novel " An advertisement in the newspaper "
	Bernhard Heisig	Rector of the Leipzig School of Graphics and Book Art	for his portrayal of significant events and class struggles of the international labor movement
	Ruth Werner	Writer	for her literary oeuvre with special appreciation of her memories "Sonjas Rapport"
1979 ↑	Edith George , Peter Krüger, Heinz Linke , Katrin Pieper , Fred Rodrian , Hans-Peter Wetzstein	Collective of the children's book publisher Berlin	for the development and publication of socialist children's literature as well as the opening up of the heritage of world literature, for the contribution made to the class-conscious and aesthetic education of the youth of the GDR
	Ernst Busch	Actors and singers	for his outstanding contribution to the development of the socialist national culture of the GDR, for his decades of artistic activity as a comrade-in-arms on the side of the German and international revolutionary workers' movement in the fight against fascism and war, especially in Spain , in the Brandenburg-Görden prison and in the Soviet Union
	Günter Kochan	Lecturer at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin	in appreciation of his compositional work
	Ekkehard Schall	Actor, deputy director of the Berliner Ensemble	for his outstanding performance, with which he contributes to the further development of the socialist German national theater
	Willi Sitte	President of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR	for his outstanding contribution to the development of socialist-realistic painting
	Konrad Wolf	President of the Academy of Arts of the GDR , director in the VEB DEFA studio for feature films in Potsdam- Babelsberg	for his many years of exemplary film art and cultural policy work

1980-1989

year	Names	function	reason	annotation
1980 ↑	Peter Hellmich , Walter Heynowski , Gerhard Scheumann	Collective of the Heynowski & Scheumann studio	for his standard-setting achievements as a combative film artist and publicist
	Jürgen Brauer , Eva Lippold , Günter Reisch , Günther Rücker , Jutta Wachowiak	Collective of the film " The Fiancé "	for his outstanding film artistic design of human probation in the anti-fascist struggle
	Arno Mohr	Painter and graphic artist	for his outstanding contribution to the development of socialist-realistic graphics
	Hanns Anselm Perten	General director of the Rostock Volkstheater	for his outstanding contribution to the socialist-realistic theater art of the GDR
	Wilhelm Rudolph	Painter and graphic artist	for his significant contribution to socialist-realistic painting
1981 ↑	Gret Palucca	Dance teacher at the Palucca School Dresden , technical school for artistic dance	for their outstanding contribution to the development of the art of dance
	Otto Stark	Director of the Berlin cabaret " Die Distel "	for his outstanding long-standing services in the political and artistic profiling of cabaret work in the GDR
1982 ↑	Kurt Masur . General Music Director	Gewandhauskapellmeister , state director of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig	for his extraordinary services as Gewandhauskapellmeister and his outstanding achievements as a conductor
	Tom Schilling	Head of the dance theater ensemble and chief choreographer of the Komische Oper Berlin , professor at the Leipzig Theater Academy	for his outstanding contribution to the development of the socialist profile of realistic ballet art in the GDR
	Otmar Suitner , general music director	Citizen of the Republic of Austria, Managing General Music Director at the German State Opera Berlin	for his excellent performance as a conductor
	Werner Tübke	Painter and graphic artist	for his outstanding achievements as a painter and graphic artist
1983 ↑	Hermann Kant	Writer, President of the GDR Writers' Association	for his literary and journalistic work
	Harry Copper	Chief director at the Komische Oper Berlin	for his outstanding contribution to the development of realistic music theater
	Herbert Sandberg	Painter and graphic artist	for his outstanding contribution to the development of socialist-realistic graphics
1984 ↑	Hans-Helmut Hunger , General Music Director, Karl-Werner Kindermann , Helmuth Römer , Hellmuth Schack , Music Director Hans Taube , Wolfgang Werner	Collective of the designers of the concert of the Central Music Corps and the District Music Corps of the FDJ and the pioneer organization “Ernst Thälmann” at the end of the “National Youth Festival of the GDR” - Association meeting of the FDJ	for the outstanding artistic and mass-effective design of the final concert of the "National Youth Festival of the GDR" - Association meeting of the FDJ
	Heinz Brinkmann , Johanna Kleberg , Rolf Schnabel , Günther Seigewasser , Horst Winter , Günter Wittenbecher , Werner Desert	Creator collective of the documentation of the television of the GDR on the history of the FDJ "Our sign is the sun" of the VEB DEFA -Studio for documentary films	for the outstanding and mass-effective contribution to the development and shaping of the historical consciousness of the young generation
	Hartmut Atinert , Major, Horst Blumentritt , Sigrid Kittel , Wolfgang Meyer, Ingrid Schulze	Collective "Head of creative collectives of the exercise associations" for the VII. Gymnastics and Sports Festival 1983 in Leipzig	for the excellent overall artistic performance in the preparation and implementation of the DTSB sports show for the VII. Gymnastics and Sports Festival and the IX. Children and youth party of the GDR 1983 in Leipzig
	Klaus Gerstner , Erich Gutschner , Rolf Lorenz , Edith Seitz , Gisela Witt	Collective "Head of creative collectives of the exercise associations" for the VII. Gymnastics and Sports Festival 1983 in Leipzig	for the excellent overall artistic performance in the preparation and implementation of the DTSB sports show for the VII. Gymnastics and Sports Festival and the IX. Children and youth party of the GDR 1983 in Leipzig
	Wolfgang Heinz	Director and actor at the Deutsches Theater Berlin	for his outstanding artistic performance and mastery with which he set standards as an actor and director for the development of socialist theater art and earned the reputation of a folk actor
	Wolfgang Mattheuer	Painter and graphic artist	for his outstanding achievements in the field of socialist-realistic painting and graphics
	Annerose Schmidt	pianist	for her excellent performance as a concert pianist
	Max and Ruth Seydewitz	writer	for their overall literary work and cultural-political work in the sense of a socialist understanding of history and art
	Erwin Strittmatter	writer	for his oeuvre, which enriches socialist national literature with its true-to-life, humanist-socialist and poetic portrayal of people and its artistic mastery
1985 ↑	Karl Gass	Director in the VEB DEFA studio for documentary films, Babelsberg branch	for his creative, mass impact-oriented contribution to the development of documentary filmmaking in the GDR
	Ludwig Güttler	Solo trumpeter, professor at the "Carl Maria von Weber" Academy of Music in Dresden	for his extraordinary achievements as an interpreter
	Joachim Herz	Chief director of the Dresden State Opera	for his entire oeuvre as a music theater director
	Georg Mielke	Director for television in the GDR	for his many years of service in creating realistic music theater on television in the GDR
	Ulrich Thein	Director and actor for television in the GDR	as a director and actor, especially for his embodiment of Martin Luther and Johann Sebastian Bach in the television works of the same name
	Walter Womacka	Painter and graphic artist, rector of the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art	for his outstanding achievements in the field of socialist-realistic painting and graphics
	Karin Garst , Lothar Kretschmar , Hans Marquardt , Horst Möller , Elvira Pradel , Hubert Witt	Collective of the publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig	for excellent publishing, cultural-political and scientific achievements in profiling Reclam's universal library into a mass-effective socialist public library
	Rudolf Chowanetz , Helmut Fickelscherer , Gisela Gnati , Manfred Hoffmann , Erika Lewerenz , Walter Lewerenz	Collective of the New Life Berlin publishing house	for the share in the development and publication of literary works which, through socialist ideas and historical awareness, make an important contribution to the communist education of the young generation, to the propagation of the ideals of peace and international understanding
1986 ↑	Ludwig Engelhardt	sculptor	for his overall sculptural work with special recognition of his contribution to the design of the Marx-Engels-Forum , Berlin
	Erwin Geschonneck	Actor on television in the GDR	for his outstanding artistic performance as an actor in film and television productions
	Lev Efimovich chervil	Sculptor, freelance artist of the USSR	for his sculptural work in the GDR with special recognition of his contribution to the design of the " Thälmann-Park " Berlin
	Heiner Muller	writer	for his literary oeuvre, in particular for his contribution to the development of GDR drama
	Helmut Schellhardt	Actor on television in the GDR	for his outstanding performance as an actor, especially for his portrayal of Ernst Thälmann in the television film of the same name
	Peter Schreier , chamber singer	Singer, conductor, President of the Schauspielhaus Berlin Board of Trustees	for his outstanding achievements as an interpreter in the care of the musical heritage, especially for his services in the acquisition and dissemination of the works of Bach , Handel and Schütz
	Hans Jochen Genzel , Friedrich Krell , Hans-Diether Meves , Christine Stromberg , Wilfried Werz	Design collective of the festive program for the 40th anniversary of the unification party conference and on the occasion of the conclusion of the XI. Party congress of the SED	for the excellent artistic creation of the victorious path of the proletariat from the beginnings of the revolutionary struggles in the German Peasant War to the united working class in the festive program for the 40th anniversary of the Unification Party Congress and on the occasion of the conclusion of the XI. Party congress of the SED
	Otto Bonhoff , Ursula Bonhoff , Hans-Jürgen Faschina , Georg Schiemann , Erich Seibmann	Creator collective of the television film " Ernst Thälmann "	for the outstanding, high standard-setting performance in the television film "Ernst Thälmann", which conveyed a moving political and artistic experience
1987 ↑	Lothar Bellag	President of the Association of Film and Television Workers in the GDR , director of television in the GDR	for his exemplary, imaginative work as a director, which has had a decisive influence on the ideological and artistic profile of television production
	Ruth Berghaus-Dessau	Director at the German State Opera Berlin	for her outstanding achievements as a director, which contribute to the international reputation of the GDR's music theater
	Horst Drinda	Actor and director on television in the GDR	for his acting achievements, with which he has earned the reputation of a socialist folk actor
	Günter Kochan	composer	in appreciation of his compositional work
	Kurt Sanderling	conductor	for his outstanding services as a conductor and orchestra teacher
	Werner Tübke	Painter and graphic artist, lecturer at the Leipzig College of Graphics and Book Art	for his unique monumental painting "On the early bourgeois revolution in Germany in 1525" in the PANORAMA Bad Frankenhausen peasant war memorial
	Christa Wolf	Writer	for their literary oeuvre
	Peter Böttcher , Bernhard Melzer , Joachim Redmer , Günter Stahn , Kurt Stark , Gerhard Thieme	Collective from the VEB Bau- und Montagekombinat Ingenieurhochbau Berlin, the Institute for Monument Preservation Berlin and the Berlin Building Department of the Ministry of Building of the GDR	for the urban-architectural design of the inner-city residential area Berlin, Marx-Engels-Forum / Nikolaiviertel
1988 ↑	Theo Balden	sculptor	for his exemplary achievements in the development of socialist-realistic sculpture
	Volker Braun	writer	for his overall writing
	Helga Goering	Actress in the actor ensemble of the television of the GDR	for her outstanding performance, with which she has earned the reputation of a popular actress
	Gisela May	Actress at the Berliner Ensemble	for her outstanding achievements as an actress and as an internationally recognized song and chanson interpreter
1989 ↑	Kurt Böwe	Actor at the Deutsches Theater Berlin	for his outstanding performance at the Deutsches Theater Berlin as well as in film, radio and television
	Rolf Hoppe	Actor in the VEB DEFA studio for feature films in Potsdam-Babelsberg	for his outstanding artistic achievements as an actor in national and international film and television productions
	Gerd Natschinski	composer	in recognition of his overall compositional output in the field of music theater
	Friedo Solter	Artistic director of the Deutsches Theater Berlin	for his outstanding performance as an actor and director
	Manfred Wekwerth	Member of the Central Committee of the SED , President of the Academy of Arts of the GDR , director of the Berliner Ensemble	for his exemplary achievements as a director and theater director
	Hedda Zinner	Writer	for their overall literary work
	Walter Heynowski Gerhard Scheumann	Writer and Director Writer and Director	for their creative contribution to the design of the film trilogy " The Third Skin "

Prize amounts

1949-1959 year Prize amount in marks 1949 300,000 1950 300,000 1951 300,000 1952 300,000 1953 100,000 1954 100,000 1955 100,000 1956 - 1957 - 1958 200,000 1959 200,000 total 1,900,0000.

1960-1969 year Prize amount in marks 1960 300,000 1961 200,000 1962 - 1963 200,000 1964 100,000 1965 100,000 1966 100,000 1967 200,000 1968 500,000 1969 400,000 total 2,100,0000.

1970-1979 year Prize amount in marks 1970 100,000 1971 400,000 1972 300,000 1973 300,000 1974 300,000 1975 200,000 1976 300,000 1977 500,000 1978 400,000 1979 600,000 total 3,400,0000.

1980-1989 year Prize amount in marks 1980 500,000 1981 200,000 1982 400,000 1983 300,000 1984 900,000 1985 800,000 1986 800,000 1987 800,000 1988 400,000 1989 700,000 total 5,800,0000.

swell

• New Germany of the respective years. The awards were made as part of reporting on the national holiday on October 8th. Issues dated: August 26, 1949, page 3; October 9, 1950, page 3; October 9, 1951, page 3; Oct. 7, 1952, page 7; October 8, 1953, pages 3, 4; Oct. 8, 1954, page 6; Oct. 8, 1955, page 3; Oct. 7, 1956, page 7; Oct. 7, 1957, page 4; Oct. 7, 1958, page 6; Oct. 4, 1959, page 3; Oct. 7, 1960, page 5; Oct. 7, 1961, page 7; Oct. 7, 1962, page 5; Oct. 7, 1963, page 4; October 6, 1964, page 4; Oct. 7, 1965, page 5; Oct. 7, 1966, page 5; Oct. 7, 1967, page 5; Oct. 4, 1968, page 3; Oct. 4, 1969, page 5; Oct. 5, 1971, pages 4, 5; October 7, 1972, pp. 5,6; October 6, 1973, page 3; Oct. 5, 1974, pp. 5,6; October 2, 1975, pages 3, 4; Oct. 7, 1976, page 4; 8/9 October 1977, page 4; Oct. 9, 1978, page 4; Oct. 2, 1979, page 4; Oct. 8, 1980, page 4; Oct. 8, 1981, page 4; Oct. 8, 1982, page 4; 8/9 October 1983, page 4; 6./7. October 1984, page 4; 5th / 6th October 1985, pages 4, 5; October 7, 1986, page 4; October 8, 1987, page 4; 8/9. October 1988, page 4; October 6, 1989, page 4.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} For documentary reasons, the original historical descriptions used by the SED newspaper Neues Deutschland are presented here. However, these can be flawed, tendentious, outdated or politically extreme. If in doubt, corrections and alternative descriptions should be made in the "Comments" column.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt Batt : Anna Seghers. Trial over development and works. P. 270, entry 1971. Reclam, Leipzig 1973 (2nd edition 1980). Licensor: Röderberg, Frankfurt am Main (Röderberg-Taschenbuch, Volume 15), ISBN 3-87682-470-2
2. ↑ ^{a b} Highest awards for the national holiday of the GDR. National Prize of the GDR. I. class. For art and literature. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 8, 1981, p. 4 , accessed on April 18, 2014 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Highest awards for the national holiday of the GDR. National Prize of the GDR. I. class. In the field of art and literature. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archives of the Berlin State Library, October 8, 1982, p. 4 , accessed on April 18, 2014 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Highest awards for the GDR National Day. National Prize of the GDR 1st class. In the field of art and literature. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 8, 1983, p. 4 , accessed on April 18, 2014 .