The Heinrich Mann Prize () is an essay prize that has been awarded since 1953, first by the East German Academy of Arts, then by the Academy of Arts, Berlin. The prize, which comes with a €10,000 purse, is given annually on 27 March, Heinrich Mann's day of birth. The laureate is selected by an independent three-member jury which usually includes the previous year's laureate.

Recipients

1953: Stefan Heym, Wolfgang Harich, Max Zimmering

1954: Gotthold Gloger, Theo Harych

1955: –

1956: Franz Fühmann, Rudolf Fischer, Wolfgang Schreyer

1957: Hanns Maaßen, Herbert Nachbar, Margarete Neumann

1958: Hans Grundig, Herbert Jobst, Rosemarie Schuder

1959: Heiner Müller, Hans Lorbeer, Inge Müller

1960: Helmut Hauptmann, Annemarie Reinhard

1961: Dieter Noll

1962: Günter Kunert, Bernhard Seeger

1963: Christa Wolf

1964: Günter de Bruyn

1965: Johannes Bobrowski, Brigitte Reimann

1966: Peter Weiss

1967: Hermann Kant, Walter Kaufmann

1968: Herbert Ihering

1969: Werner Heiduczek, Wolfgang Joho, Alfred Wellm

1970: Fritz Selbmann, Jeanne Stern, Kurt Stern, Martin Viertel

1971: Jurek Becker, Erik Neutsch, Herbert Otto

1972: Karl-Heinz Jakobs, Fred Wander

1973: Ulrich Plenzdorf, Helga Schütz

1974: Kurt Batt, Gerhard Wolf

1975: Irmtraud Morgner, Eberhard Panitz

1976: Annemarie Auer, Siegfried Pitschmann

1977: Erich Köhler, Joachim Nowotny

1978: Karl Mickel

1979: Fritz Rudolf Fries

1980: Volker Braun, Paul Gratzik

1981: Peter Hacks

1982: Christoph Hein, Werner Liersch

1983: Friedrich Dieckmann, Helmut H. Schulz

1984: Heinz Czechowski

1985: Helga Königsdorf, Bernd Leistner

1986: Helga Schubert, Heidi Urban de Jauregui

1987: Luise Rinser

1988: Fritz Mierau

1989: Wulf Kirsten

1990: Adolf Endler, Elke Erb

1991: Peter Gosse, Kito Lorenc

1992: –

1993/94 Lothar Baier

1995: Hans Mayer

1996: Julius Posener

1997: Michael Rutschky

1998: Karl Markus Michel

1999: Katharina Rutschky

2000: Dubravka Ugrešić

2001: Walter Boehlich

2002: Götz Aly

2003: Wolfgang Schivelbusch

2004: Claudia Schmölders

2005: Ivan Nagel

2006: Peter von Matt

2007: Karl Heinz Bohrer

2008: Heinz Schlaffer

2009: Hanns Zischler

2010: Michael Maar

2011: Marie-Luise Scherer

2012: Uwe Kolbe

2013: Robert Menasse

2014: Robert Schindel

2015: Adam Zagajewski

2016: Gunnar Decker

2017: Gisela von Wysocki

2018: Christian Bommarius

2019: Danilo Scholz

2020: Eva Horn

2021: Kathrin Passig

2022: Lothar Müller

References

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See also

German literature

List of literary awards

List of poetry awards

List of years in literature

List of years in poetry

Mann, Heinrich

Heinrich Mann Prize