Heinrich-Heine-Preis des Ministeriums für Kultur der DDR

The Heinrich Heine Prize of the Ministry of Culture of the GDR 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, 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

References

• Verleihungsliste zum "Heinrich-Heine-Preis" von 1957 bis 1989. reviewed April 7, 2021.