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 Reference Verleihungsliste zum "Heinrich-Heine-Preis" von 1957 bis 1989. reviewed April, 7 2021. German literary awards