Kontrollmechanismen. Das Schriftsteller-Milieu im autoritären System (am Beispiel der DDR)

The paper is devoted to the mechanisms of control over the literary milieu in the authoritarian system, shown on the example of the GDR. Firstly, the political framework of the conditions that the GDR-writers created their works and were politically active in is presented, as well as the outline of measures that were applied by the authorities towards the writers. Then the impact that the generational aspect had over the political „self-control“ of the writers is presented. At last, the direct influence of such measures like prizes, punishments and repressions is discussed.