National Prize of East Germany
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The National Prize of East Germany (German: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, and other meritorious achievement. With scientific achievements, it was often given to entire research groups and not individual scientists.
[edit] Well-known awardees
- 1949: Heinrich Mann, Fred Oelßner, Hermann Abendroth, Jürgen Kuczynski, Erich Engel
- 1950: Hans Boegehold, Hugo Schrade, August Klemm, Hans Marchwitza, Eduard Maurer
- 1951: Bertolt Brecht, Jurij Brězan, Cuno Hoffmeister, Anna Seghers, André Asriel, Erika Mann, Eduard Claudius
- 1952: Walter Arnold, Max Burghardt
- 1953: Eberhard Schmidt
- 1954: Friedrich Behrens, Max Burghardt, Eduard Maurer
- 1955: Ernst Bloch, Hans Marchwitza
- 1957: Franz Fühmann, Erich Engel
- 1958: Bruno Apitz, Manfred von Ardenne
- 1959: Stefan Heym, Alfred Lemmnitz, Erwin Kramer, Walter Arnold, Kurt Barthel, Gret Palucca, Ludwig Deiters, Werner Bergmann, Anna Seghers, Robert Havemann
- 1960: Karl Ewald Böhm, Werner Eggerath
- 1961: Helmut Baierl, Erich Brehm
- 1963: Bruno Apitz, Horst Drinda, Gisela May
- 1964: Christa Wolf, Jurij Brězan, Harry Thürk, Hans Marchwitza
- 1965: Manfred von Ardenne
- 1966: Horst E. Brandt, Ernst Busch
- 1967: Lea Grundig, Theo Balden
- 1968: Lothar Bellag, Werner Bergmann, Manfred Krug
- 1969: Alfred Kurella, Horst E. Brandt, Theo Adam, Otto Braun
- 1970: Helmut Baierl, Horst Drinda, Peter Edel, Johann Cilenšek
- 1971: Horst E. Brandt, Werner Bergmann, Horst Drinda, Kurt Böwe, Günter Caspar, Manfred Krug, Anna Seghers
- 1972: Curt Querner, Peter Schreier
- 1973: Hannelore Bey, Hermann Kant, Gisela May
- 1974: Peter Hacks, Hans Koch, Franz Fühmann, Jürgen Kuczynski, Frank Schöbel
- 1975: Frank Beyer, Jurek Becker
- 1976: Theo Balden, Jurij Brězan, Angelica Domröse
- 1977: Peter Hacks, Harry Thürk
- 1979: Ernst Busch, Peter Damm
- 1980: Heiner Carow
- 1981: Gret Palucca
- 1982: Puhdys, Kurt Masur
- 1983: Hermann Kant
- 1984: Karat (band), Reinhard Lakomy
- 1985: Kurt Demmler
- 1986: Heiner Müller
- 1987: Christa Wolf, Lothar Bellag, Ruth Berghaus
- 1988: Category Science and Technology: Research collective in Dresden (For development on the Megabit-Chip); Volker Braun
- 1989: Günter de Bruyn (turned down), Gerhard Schöne
