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Alex-Wedding-Preis
Alex-Wedding-Preis ("The Alex Wedding Prize") is a German literary prize awarded to authors of works for children and young people. It is named after children's author Grete Weiskopf-Bernheim (1905-1966), who wrote under the pen name "Alex Wedding".
From 1968 to 1990 it was awarded by the "Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic", and since then by its successor, the Academy of Arts, Berlin. An independent
people in different social systems, but also showed their similarities.
On many occasions he gave talks in schools to bring poetry to children. He was a frequent visitor to the "Grundschule Elisabethwiese" elementary school in Rostock. After his death the school changed its name to "Werner-Lindemann-Grundschule " on 7 October 1994. The ceremony was attended by his widow, journalist Gitta Lindemann.
In 1985 the Academy of Arts in Berlin was awarded him the "Alex-Wedding-Preis", for his merits