Heinz Kahlau - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1931-02-06 （Drewitz (Potsdam)）
Died: 2012-04-06 （Greifswald） age 81
Nationality: German
Languages: German
Residence History: Drewitz → Berlin → Usedom

Career

Occupations: poet, author, dramatist, scriptwriter
Active Years: 1950-2012
Affiliations: PEN International (German section), Deutscher Schriftstellerverband
Memberships: Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), The Left (Die Linke)
Influenced By: Bertolt Brecht

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Academy of Arts, Berlin	—	—	—	1953-1956	Germany

Academy of Arts, Berlin

Period: 1953-1956

Year of Graduation: 1956

Country: Germany

Master student (Meisterschüler) of Bertolt Brecht

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1960	Distinguished Service Medal of the National People's Army (Bronze)	Schritt für Schritt	—	—	受賞
1962	Heinrich Greif Prize	—	—	—	受賞
1963	Heinrich Heine Prize	—	—	Ministry of Culture of the GDR	受賞
1963	Johannes R. Becher Medal	—	—	—	受賞
1964	Erich-Weinert-Medal of the FDJ	—	—	Free German Youth (FDJ)	受賞
1967	Critics Prize of the Berliner Zeitung	Ein Krug mit Oliven	最優秀青春作品	Berliner Zeitung	受賞
1970	Goethe Prize (Berlin)	—	—	City of Berlin	受賞
1972	Lessing Prize	—	—	—	受賞
1981	Johannes R. Becher Medal	—	—	—	受賞
1984	National Prize of the German Democratic Republic	—	第IIIクラス、芸術・文学部門	—	受賞
1989	Patriotic Order of Merit	—	—	—	受賞

Distinguished Service Medal of the National People's Army (Bronze)

1960

Work: Schritt für Schritt

Result: 受賞

Heinrich Greif Prize

1962

Result: 受賞

Heinrich Heine Prize

1963

Organization: Ministry of Culture of the GDR

Result: 受賞

Johannes R. Becher Medal

1963

Result: 受賞

Erich-Weinert-Medal of the FDJ

1964

Organization: Free German Youth (FDJ)

Result: 受賞

Critics Prize of the Berliner Zeitung

1967

Work: Ein Krug mit Oliven

Category: 最優秀青春作品

Organization: Berliner Zeitung

Result: 受賞

Goethe Prize (Berlin)

1970

Organization: City of Berlin

Result: 受賞

Lessing Prize

1972

Result: 受賞

Johannes R. Becher Medal

1981

Result: 受賞

National Prize of the German Democratic Republic

1984

Category: 第IIIクラス、芸術・文学部門

Result: 受賞

Patriotic Order of Merit

1989

Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Heinrich Heine Prize 1 appearances

Edition 0 (1963) Winner

Works

Major Works

Du

1971 Love poems

A compilation of love poems, one of his best-known works.

loveromance

Hope lives in the branches of the Caiba

1954 Poetry

His first full volume of poetry.

hope

Bibliography

Hoffnung lebt in den Zweigen des Caiba
Gedichte
Die Schönste
Die Maisfibel
Steinzeitballade
Jones’ Family
On the Sunny Side
Der Fluß der Dinge
Mikroskop und Leier
Ein Krug mit Oliven
Du
Balladen
Der Rittersporn blüht blau im Korn
Flugbrett für Engel
Der Vers, der Reim, die Zeile
Das Hammer-Buch
Wie fand der Fritz grad, krumm und spitz
Konrads Traktor
Tasso und die Galoschen
Daß es dich gibt macht mich heiter
Fundsachen
Ich liebe dich
Eines beliebigen Tages
Sinn- und Unsinngedichte
Der besoffene Fluss
So oder so
Kaspers Waage
Zweisam

Style & Themes

Literary Style: simple, clear languageportraying life's contradictions
Recurring Motifs: lovesociety

Health

Tuberculosis

1949

Had his first pleasant encounter with poems and wrote his first verses.

Legacy

One of the best known lyric poets in the German Democratic Republic. Around four million copies of his poetry volumes sold, particularly known for popular love poems.

In Popular Culture

Wrote song lyrics for rock bands Karat and Bayon.

Trivia

Was an unofficial collaborator (informant) for the Stasi (Ministry for State Security) from 1957 under code name 'GI Hochschulz' until 1964.
Gave a critical speech against fascist methods and Stalinism at a youth artists' congress in 1956, facing imprisonment threat.
First to publicly admit Stasi collaboration in 1990.
Married Gisela Steineckert (first) and Cordula (second), with daughter Anja.