Notable Recipients
- 1949: Heinrich Mann, Herbert Eulenberg, Fred Oelßner, Hermann Abendroth, Jürgen Kuczynski, Erich Engel, Friedrich Hund
- 1950: Hans Boegehold, Hugo Schrade, August Klemm, Hans Marchwitza, Eduard Maurer
- 1951: Bertolt Brecht, Jurij Brězan, Cuno Hoffmeister, Anna Seghers, André Asriel, Erika Mann, Eduard Claudius
- 1952: Walter Arnold, Max Burghardt
- 1953: Eberhard Schmidt
- 1954: Friedrich Behrens, Max Burghardt, Eduard Maurer, Ehm Welk
- 1955: Ernst Bloch, Hans Marchwitza, Erwin Strittmatter
- 1957: Franz Fühmann, Erich Engel
- 1958: Bruno Apitz, Manfred von Ardenne
- 1959: Stefan Heym, Alfred Lemmnitz, Erwin Kramer, Walter Arnold, Kurt Barthel, Gret Palucca, Ludwig Deiters, Werner Bergmann, Anna Seghers, Robert Havemann, Will Lammert
- 1960: Karl Ewald Böhm, Werner Eggerath
- 1961: Helmut Baierl, Erich Brehm
- 1963: Bruno Apitz, Horst Drinda, Gisela May, Werner Neumann
- 1964: Christa Wolf, Jurij Brězan, Harry Thürk, Hans Marchwitza
- 1965: Manfred von Ardenne, Wolf Kaiser
- 1966: Horst E. Brandt, Ernst Busch
- 1967: Theo Balden, Lea Grundig, Wolf Kaiser
- 1968: Lothar Bellag, Werner Bergmann, Wolf Kaiser, Manfred Krug
- 1969: Alfred Kurella, Horst E. Brandt, Theo Adam, Otto Braun
- 1970: Helmut Baierl, Horst Drinda, Peter Edel, Johann Cilenšek
- 1971: Horst E. Brandt, Werner Bergmann, Horst Drinda, Kurt Böwe, Günter Caspar, Manfred Krug, Anna Seghers
- 1972: Curt Querner, Peter Schreier
- 1973: Hannelore Bey, Hermann Kant, Gisela May, Herbert Sandberg
- 1974: Peter Hacks, Hans Koch, Franz Fühmann, Jürgen Kuczynski, Frank Schöbel
- 1975: Frank Beyer, Jurek Becker
- 1976: Theo Balden, Jurij Brězan, Angelica Domröse
- 1977: Peter Hacks, Harry Thürk
- 1978: Ludwig Güttler
- 1979: Ernst Busch, Peter Damm
- 1980: Heiner Carow
- 1981: Gret Palucca
- 1982: Puhdys, Kurt Masur
- 1983: Hermann Kant
- 1984: Karat (band), Reinhard Lakomy
- 1985: Kurt Demmler, Ludwig Güttler
- 1986: Heiner Müller
- 1987: Christa Wolf, Lothar Bellag, Ruth Berghaus
- 1988: Category Science and Technology: Research collective in Dresden (For development on the Megabit-Chip); Volker Braun
- 1989: Günter de Bruyn (turned down), Gerhard Schöne
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