The Alex Wedding Prize is a German literary prize awarded to authors of works for children and young people. It is named after children's author Grete Weiskopf-Bernheim (1905–1966), who wrote under the pen name "Alex Wedding". From 1968 to 1990 it was awarded by the Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic, and since then by its successor, the Academy of Arts, Berlin. An independent three-member jury awarded the prize, valued at €5,000, on Wedding's birthday, 11 May. Winners 1968: Willi Meinck 1969: Karl Neumann 1970: Kurt David 1971: Joachim Nowotny 1972: Götz R. Richter 1973: Herbert Friedrich 1974: Edith Bergner 1975: Horst Beseler 1976: Fred Rodrian 1977: Peter Brock 1978: Gotthold Gloger 1979: Hans Weber 1980: Hildegard and Siegfried Schumacher 1981: Klaus Beuchler 1982: Hannes Hüttner 1983: Peter Abraham 1984: Lilo Hardel 1985: Werner Lindemann 1986: Gunter Preuß 1987: Wolf Spillner 1988: Werner Heiduczek 1989: Maria Seidemann 1990: Walther Petri 1991: Anne Geelhaar and Christa Kozik 1992: Peter Hacks 1998: Klaus Kordon 2000: Benno Pludra 2003: F. K. Waechter 2008: Karla Schneider References Literary awards of Berlin Children's literary awards Young adult literature awards 1968 establishments in Germany Awards established in 1968