Heinrich Mann Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1968) Winner
Herbert Ihering
ハーバート・イーヒリング
Hābāto Ihīringu
Aliases:
Herbert Jhering
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1888-02-29 （Springe）
- Died
- 1977-01-15 （Berlin） age 88
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Springe → Vienna → Berlin-Zehlendorf
Career
- Occupations
- theatre critic, dramaturge, director, film critic
- Active Years
- 1909-1977
- Affiliations
- Berliner Börsen-Courier, Deutsches Theater, Academy of Arts, Berlin, Burgtheater
- Memberships
- East German Drama Union
- Influenced By
- Alfred Kerr
- Influenced
- Bertolt Brecht
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Lessing Prize | — | — | DDR | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Johannes R. Becher-Medal | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1968 | Heinrich Mann Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1969 | Berliner Kunstpreis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Filmband in Gold | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Lessing Prize
1955
Organization:
DDR
Result:
受賞
Johannes R. Becher-Medal
1967
Result:
受賞
Heinrich Mann Prize
1968
Result:
受賞
Berliner Kunstpreis
1969
Result:
受賞
Filmband in Gold
1971
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Factual writing with a clear missionPowerful and lengthy arguments
Legacy
Regarded as one of the leading theatre critics during and after the Weimar years. Reputation damaged by activities during Nazi era and in GDR.
Academic Societies
- Academy of Arts, Berlin
Archives
- Herbert-Ihering-Archiv (Akademie der Künste, Berlin)
In Popular Culture
- Believed to be the model for a character in Klaus Mann's novel Mephisto.
Trivia
- Early supporter of Bertolt Brecht, nominated him for Kleist Prize.
- Long feud with Alfred Kerr.
- Worked as casting director at Tobis Film during Nazi era.