Andreas Gryphius Prize

The Andreas-Gryphius Prize is a prestigious literary prize in Germany.

Winners

• 1957 Heinz Piontek – star prize
• 1959 August Scholtis – star prize
• 1962 Karl Dedecius – promotional award
• 1963 Wolfgang Schwarz – honorary prize
• 1965
  • Josef Mühlberger
  • Peter Jokostra
• 1966 Johannes Urzidil – star prize
• 1967
  • Arnold Ulitz
  • Horst Bienek – honorary prize
• 1968 Rudolf Pannwitz
• 1969
  • Manfred Bieler
  • Oskar Pastior – promotional award
• 1970
  • Kurt Heynicke
  • Dagmar Nick – honorary prize
  • Barbara König – honorary prize
• 1971 Wolfgang Koeppen – star prize
• 1972
  • Walter Kempowski – honorary prize
  • Ilse Tielsch – honorary prize
  • Georg Hermanowski – honorary prize
  • Gertrud Fussenegger
• 1973 Hans-Jürgen Heise – honorary prize
• 1974 Peter Huchel
• 1975 Frank Thiess
• 1976
  • Karin Struck – star prize; Carl Guesmer – promotional award
  • Tamara Ehlert
• 1977
  • Reiner Kunze – star prize
  • Rose Ausländer
  • Rudolf Günter Langer
• 1978
  • Hanns Gottschalk
  • Arno Surminski
• 1979 Siegfried Lenz – star prize
• 1980 Saul Friedländer
• 1981
  • Ernst Vasovec
  • Ulrich Schacht – promotional award
• 1982 Franz Tumler
• 1983
  • Horst Bienek
  • Ulla Berkéwicz – promotional award
• 1984 Hans Sahl
• 1985 Ernst Günther Bleisch (Philosopher Günther Anders had rejected the prize for political reasons.)
• 1986 Hans Werner Richter
• 1987
  • Otfried Preußler for his complete works
  • Helga Lippelt – promotional award
• 1988 Martin Gregor-Dellin
• 1989
  • Ilse Tielsch – star prize for her complete works
  • Michael Wieck – honorary prize for Zeugnis vom Untergang Königsbergs [Account of the downfall of Königsberg]
• 1990
  • Peter Härtling – star prize
  • Christian Saalberg – honorary prize
• 1991
  • Ota Filip
  • Helga Schütz – honorary prize
  • Franz Hodjak – honorary prize
• 1992
  • Janosch (Horst Eckert) – star prize
  • Paweł Huelle – promotional award
• 1993 Dagmar Nick
• 1994 Hans-Jürgen Heise
• 1995 Andrzej Szczypiorski – star prize
• 1996
  • Jiří Gruša
  • Olly Komenda-Soentgerath – honorary prize
• 1997 Karl Dedecius – star prize
• 1998 Milo Dor
• 1999 Stefan Chwin for his complete works, especially for the novel Tod in Danzig [Death in Danzig]
• 2009 Arno Surminski
• 2010 Renata Schumann
• 2011 Michael Zeller