Heinrich Heine Prize

Heinrich Heine Prize refers to three different awards named in honour of the 19th-century German poet Christian Johann Heinrich Heine:

  • Heinrich Heine prize of Düsseldorf
  • Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for Culture of the former GDR, which was assigned until 1990
  • Heinrich Heine Prize of the "Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft" in Hamburg

Heinrich Heine prize of the city of Düsseldorf
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff

The Heinrich Heine prize of the city of Düsseldorf was established on the occasion of Heine's 175th birthday. The honor is awarded to personalities who through their work in the spirit of Heine's emphasis on the basic rights of man, advance social and political progress, mutual understanding of the peoples, or spread the idea that all people belong to the same group: mankind. Beginning in 1972, the Heine prize was awarded every three years; since 1981 it was awarded every two years. The assignment of the Heine prize 1995 was shifted to the year 1996. Since that time the Heine prize is again awarded every two years. It is endowed with €25,000; starting from the year 2006, the 150th after the death of the poet, the city of Düsseldorf has doubled the prize sum to €50,000.

Recipients
Elfriede Jelinek
Amos Oz

Controversy concerning Peter Handke

The jury that decided the prize consisted of 5 members of the city government, 1 representative of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the rector of the Heinrich Heine University, and 5 other members (critics and literary experts).[2] The 5 members from the city government have 1 vote each, the others 2 votes each.

On May 20, 2006, the jury voted 12:5 to award the prize to Peter Handke (the state representative was not present). The mayor congratulated Handke, and Handke accepted the award.[3] According to press reports, a majority of the city council of Düsseldorf did not want to award the prize to Handke, arguing that his (perceived) support of Slobodan Milošević's oppressive regime was in blatant conflict with the spirit of the prize. [4] According to the statutes of the Heine prize, "the city council awards the prize based on the decision of the jury". On 2 June 2006, jury members Siegrid Löffler and Jean-Pierre Lefèbvre declared to leave the jury in protest.

In a letter to Düsseldorf's Mayor Joachim Erwin dated 2 June 2006, Mr Handke refused the award, as he did not want himself and his work to be "exposed again and again to the scorn of party politicians".[5] In a reply of 7 June 2006, Mr Erwin expressed his solidarity with Handke.

Heinrich Heine Prize of the Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft

Since 1965, the Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft ("Heine Society") of Hamburg has presented a literary prize at irregular intervals. It consists of a bronze object "Die Schere der Zensur" ("the scissors of censorship") made by sculptor Bert Gerresheim.

Recipients

Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR

The Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR 1950 donated and once annually awarded for lyric works and works of literary journalism. The height of the prize amounted to 15,000 Marks.

Recipients
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See also

References
  1. "Eklat in Düsseldorf: Kein Heine-Preis für Handke - Politiker verweigern Zustimmung" – via www.faz.net.
  2. Düsseldorf, Landeshauptstadt. "41.101 - Bestimmungen über die Verleihung des Heine-Preises der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf". www.duesseldorf.de.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2006-05-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Article on the homepage of the city of Düsseldorf (German)
  4. Stadtrat will Jury-Entscheidung kippen: Wohl doch kein Heine-Preis für Handke | RP ONLINE
  5. Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf - News, Events und Bürgerservice Archived 2006-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
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