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 == 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.