List of winners of the National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class for art and literature (1960–1969)

This list represents the winners of the National Prize of the GDR in the second class for art and literature from 1960 to 1969. For the other decades and levels see the list of winners of the National Prize of the GDR .

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Listed by years

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

year	Award winners		Reason for award	annotation
1960 ↑	Wolfgang Langhoff	Director of the German Theater	for his excellent productions of socialist works such as “Sturm” and “ Neuland unterm Pflug ”, as well as for his interpretation of classical works such as “ Egmont ”, “ Don Carlos ”, “ Faust ”, “ Kabale und Liebe ” and “ Minna von Barnhelm ”, with which he made significant contributions to the realization of socialist realism
	Erwin Geschonneck	actor	In recognition of his great merits and the development of a socialist-realistic art of acting, in particular for his portrayal of the communist Bartuschek in the film " People with Wings ", which grew out of deepest inner conviction
	Gret Palucca	Head of the State Palucca School, Dresden	for her significant achievements as a dance teacher and as director of the Palucca School she founded in Dresden and for her diverse efforts to educate a new generation of dancers in the GDR
	Claus Schulz	Ballet soloist of the German State Opera Berlin	For his particularly outstanding creative achievements as a solo dancer of the German State Opera, in particular for the dance design of the poor in Gayaneh , the crier in New Odyssey and the fool in Swan Lake as well as for his successful appearance at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest, Warsaw and Moscow .
	Collective development of the Leipzig Opera		for their part in the architectural and technical design of the new Leipzig Opera to an exemplary modern music theater
	Kurt Hemmerling
	Kunz Nierade	Chief architect
	Hans Gussmann
	Helmut Ober
	Hans-Joachim Müller
1961 ↑	Collective of the Leipzig City Theater		for their part in the excellent staging and the musical design of the opera performances at the Leipzig City Theaters, especially in the performance of the " Meistersinger von Nürnberg "
	Joachim Herz	Opera director
	Helmut Seydelmann	General music director, conductor
	Collective of the stage play "Frau Flinz"		for the stage play " Frau Flinz ", which represents a significant stage in our contemporary drama thanks to the novel and creative collaboration between the author, director and main actors	On this occasion, the chairman of the Council of State emphasized the excellent participation of the national prize winners Helene Weigel and Karl von Appen in the work of the collective
	Helmut Baierl	author
	Manfred Wekwerth	Director
	Raimund Schelcher	Actor, role of Fritz Weiler
	Dieter Zechlin	Concert pianist	for his excellent interpretation of the classical piano works and the contemporary composers of the GDR
	Walter Gorrish	Writer, screenwriter	for his literary work, especially for the masterful design of the book for the film " Five Cartridge Cases "
	Hans Laurel	Writer, Wittenberg-Piesteritz	for his life's work, especially for his historical novels “Das Pegefeuer” and “Der Revocation” and for his poetry serving the liberation struggle of the German working class	The novels are part of the novel trilogy "The rebels of Wittenberg"
1962 ↑	Collective Karl-Marx-Allee		for their part in the project planning of the western part of Karl-Marx-Allee zu Berlin, in which industrial and standardized building methods are combined with functionality and modern socialist design
	Edmund Collein	Architect, acting President of the German Building Academy
	Werner Dutschke	Architect, design office for building construction
	Josef Kaiser	Architect, VEB Berlin project
	Werner Klemke	Full member of the GDR Academy of Arts, book designer, illustrator, commercial artist	for his excellent book designs and illustrations of works of classical and modern literature as well as of children's and school books
	Kurt Sanderling	Chief conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra	for his successful work in developing the Städtisches Berliner Sinfonieorchester into a high-quality orchestral collective, which through its concerts contributes significantly to the enrichment of Berlin's musical life
	Collective of the Maxim Gorki Theater		for their share in the politically and artistically important work of the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin as well as in the processing and performance of valuable pieces of contemporary socialist drama
	Maxim Vallentin	Theater director
	Gerhard Wolfram	Chief dramaturge
	Hans Dieter Mäde	Director
	Albert Hetterle	actor
	Ekkehard Schall	actor	for his outstanding acting achievements in the representation of essential roles in plays by Bertolt Brecht at the Berliner Ensemble , in particular Arturo Ui , which received great international recognition
1963 ↑	Collective reconstruction of the Dresden Zwinger		for their part in the restoration of the Dresden Zwinger, which is an achievement in the field of monument preservation of national and international importance
	Artur Frenzel	main architect responsible for the cultural and historical buildings of Dresden
	Fritz Sittner	construction manager
	Rudolf Mersiowsky	interior architect
	Fritz Schlesinger	sculptor
	Otmar Suitner	Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle	for his outstanding achievements as conductor of the Dresdner Staatskapelle and his exemplary artistic work in the re-production of operas
	Dieter Noll	writer	for his literary work, especially for the literary mastery of the process of change of a young generation educated in the fascist spirit in his novel “ The Adventures of Werner Holt ”, which has gained recognition beyond the borders of our republic
1964 ↑	Collective of Shakespeare researchers
	Martin Lehnert	Professor of English and American Studies at HUB , Shakespeare researcher	for his linguistic work in the field of Shakespeare research and Old English literature as well as for his excellent contribution to the Shakespeare Year
	Anselm Schlösser	Anglist, professor at the HUB	for his work in the field of Shakespeare research and his literary historical interpretation of Shakespeare as well as for his outstanding contribution to the Shakespeare Year
	Robert Weimann	Senior assistant and acting head of English and American studies at the Potsdam University of Education	for his work in the field of literary theory and the history of the development of theater in Shakespeare's time as well as for his outstanding contribution to the Shakespeare Year
	Kurt Barthel	writer	for all of his poetic oeuvre, which has reached a new climax with Terra incognita , a drama from socialist life at a focal point of our development
1965 ↑	Heinrich Drake	sculptor	for his significant achievements as a sculptor of socialist realism, especially for his Heinrich Zille monument
	Hans Theo Richter	Professor of graphics at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden, painter and graphic artist	for his graphic work of national and international importance, the basic humanistic content of which speaks primarily from the pages on the topics “Mother and Child” and “Young People”
	Wolf Kaiser	Film and theater actor, member of the Berliner Ensemble	for his impressive acting performances, especially as Mackie Messer in Brecht's " Threepenny Opera " and as dad in " Days of the Commune "
	Margarete Weiskopf-Alex Wedding	Children's book author	for her literary work, which educates our youth in the spirit of socialism and international solidarity through his warm-hearted and highly skilled heroes
	Georg Maurer	Writer, professor at the Institute for Literature "Johannes R. Becher" ,	for his lyrical work of significant ideological depth and aesthetic formation
	Collective of the DEFA film " The Adventures of Werner Holt "		for their share in the film “The Adventures of Werner Holt” based on the novel of the same name by Dieter Noll, in which a major national theme was effectively designed with artistic talent and rich technical ability
	Hans-Joachim Kunert	Director
	Claus kitchen master	script
	Rolf Sohre	camera
1966 ↑	Herwart Grosse	Actor at the Deutsches Theater Berlin	for his significant achievements as an actor at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, with whom he played a major role in the work and the high level of this stage
	Václav Neumann	Conductor, Gewandhaus Kapellmeister	for his long-standing significant achievements as a conductor, especially for his artistic successes in directing the Gewandhaus Orchestra
	Collective " Faust I and Faust II " of the Leipzig City Theater		for their part in the nationally important staging and design of "Faust I and II"
	Karl Kayser	General director, director
	Heinrich Kilger the Younger	Stage design
	Günter Grabbert	Roll of fist
	Manfred Zetzsche	Role of Mephisto
	Michael Tschesno-Hell	Writer, screenwriter	for his work as the author of the films “ As long as life is in me ” and “ The mother and the silence ”, in which the struggle of the German working class is artistically impressive based on important episodes from the life of Karl Liebknecht and the illegal activity of an anti-fascist resistance fighter
	Collective of the film "As long as there is life in me"		for her achievements as director, main actor and cameraman in the film “As long as I live in me”, in which the struggle of the German working class is artistically impressively designed on important episodes from the life of Karl Liebknecht
	Günter Reisch	Director
	Horst Schulze	Role of Karl Liebknecht
	Horst E. Brandt	camera operator
	Erika Dunkelmann	Actress, leading role	for her achievements as the leading actress in the film “The Mother and the Silence”, in which the struggle of the German working class against the illegal activity of an anti-fascist resistance fighter is artistically impressive
	Collective of the television film “Dr. Schlueter "		for their part in creating the television series “Dr. Schlüter ”, which shows the contradicting, lengthy path of a bourgeois scientist to consciously help shape our socialist society
	Karl-Georg Egel	Writer, screenplay
	Joachim Huebner	Director
	Otto Mellies	Title role Dr. Schlueter
	Larissa Lushina	Role of Eve
	Hans-Peter Minetti	Role of Ernst Demmin
	Günther Eisinger	camera
	Collective of the documentaries " The laughing man " and " Command 52 "		for their part in the creation of the documentaries “Der lachende Mann” and “Kommando 52”, which help to reveal the militant anti-communism in West Germany with great artistic and journalistic mastery
	Walter Heynowski	Director, screenplay
	Gerhard Scheumann	Director, screenplay
	Peter Hellmich	camera
1967 ↑	Fred Düren	Actor at the Berliner Ensemble and the Deutsches Theater	for his achievements as an actor at the Berliner Ensemble and the Deutsches Theater, which help determine the high level of acting in the GDR
	Hugo Huppert	Poet, prose writer, translator, Vienna	for his exemplary adaptation of Vladimir Mayakovsky's complete works , with which he became the mediator of the great Soviet poet for German readers
	Bernhard Seeger	Writer and television author, Potsdam	for his exemplary work as a writer, especially as a television author with the realistic design of people in our socialist society
1968 ↑	Friedo Solter	Actor and director, Berlin	for his outstanding achievements as an actor in the Deutsches Theater and for his successful directorial work
1968 ↑	Walter Womacka	Painter and graphic artist, rector of the Berlin School of Fine and Applied Arts	for his significant contribution to the development of a socialist monumental art and for his artistic designs in connection with architecture
1969 ↑	Collective of the Landestheater Halle		for his share in the achievements of the Landestheater Halle, in particular for promoting contemporary socialist drama and the convincing Marxist-Leninist interpretation of the humanist legacy
	Gerhard Wolfram	Intendant
	Horst Schönemann	Deputy Artistic Director and Acting Director
	Wolfgang Kersten	Opera director
	Collective of the television film "The President in Exile"		for his part in the television film “The President in Exile”, which was designed with journalistic and artistic mastery, as a documentary to expose the revanchist machinations of West German imperialism
	Walter Heynowski	Director and writer
	Gerhard Scheumann	Director and writer
	Collective "Promotion of the socialist song, cantatas and oratorio creation"		for his services to the enrichment of socialist songwriting of all genres with mass-effective works for choirs and soloists as well as for the singing movement of the youth
	Günter Fredrich	Composer, lecturer and head of department at the Franz Liszt University in Weimar
	Wolfgang Lesser	Composer, 1st secretary of the Association of German Composers and Musicologists
	Kurt Greiner-Pol	Lieutenant Colonel of the NVA , composer, music dramaturge in the Erich Weinert Ensemble
	Max Zimmering	Writer, Dresden
	Armin Mueller	Writer, Weimar
	Collective of the DEFA feature film " Time to Live "		for his part in the successful, trend-setting artistic design of a current central theme of contemporary socialist drama in the DEFA feature film "Time to Live"
	Horst Seemann	Director
	Wolfgang hero	writer
	Helmut Bergmann	camera operator
	Leon Niemczyk	actor
	Creator collective of the mural " The way of the red flag "		for his contribution to the design of the mural “The Path of the Red Flag”, with which an effective and benchmark work of monumental visual art of national standing was created
	Gerhard Bondzin	Artistic director of the collective, rector of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
	Alfred Hesse	Jointly responsible for all artistic transfer work, professor for wall painting at the Dresden University of Fine Arts
	Gerhard Stengel	Responsible for the technology of electrostatic coating, lecturer for visual art technology and color theory at the Dresden University of Fine Arts
	Management collective of the National Research and Memorial Centers for Classical German Literature Weimar		for his part in the preservation and care of the national research and memorial sites of classical German literature in Weimar
	Helmut Holtzhauer	director
	Artur Koch	Deputy Director
	Karl-Heinz Hahn	Head of the Goethe and Schiller Archives
	Willi Ehrlich	Head of the Goethe National Museum
	Hans Henning	Head of the Central Library of German Classics
	Karl von Appen	Stage designer at the Berliner Ensemble	for his set design work in the socialist-realistic interpretation of dramatic works, which is exemplary for the training of young set designers
	Mathilde Danegger	Actress at the Deutsches Theater Berlin	for her artistic mastery, testified by her work at the Deutsches Theater, in film and on television, with which she created role models
	Werner Klemke	Graphic artist and book designer, professor at the University of Fine and Applied Arts	for his illustrations and book designs corresponding to our socialist present and for his artistically and pedagogically significant work on school books
	Friedrich Richter	Actor at the Deutsches Theater Berlin	for his decades of extensive, partisan, highly artistic creative work at the theater, in film and on television
	Willi Sitte	Painter and graphic artist, professor at the University for Industrial Design Burg Giebichenstein , Halle	for his important artistic work as a painter, especially his most recent work "Leuna 1968"

Prize amounts

year	Prize amount in marks
1960	200,000
1961	250,000
1962	250,000
1963	150,000
1964	100,000
1965	300,000
1966	400,000
1967	150,000
1968	100,000
1969	550,000
total	2,450,000

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New Germany of the respective years. The awards were made on the occasion of the GDR's national holiday on October 7th.

Issues from:

Oct. 7, 1960, page 5
Oct. 7, 1961, page 7
Oct. 7, 1962, page 5
Oct. 7, 1963, page 4
Oct 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

Remarks

↑ 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.

[Disclaimer-1] 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.