The German Academy for Language and Literature has the legal form of a registered association (eingetragener Verein). The Academy is a public sector organization supported by private sponsors. Its organs are: 1. the General Assembly, which has the final say on the election of new members, elects the Executive Committee and commissions and plays an advisory role on all matters concerning the Academy; 2. The Executive Committee, which forms the board of the Academy according to Academy bylaws; 3. The Board of Trustees, which advises and supports the Academy. Comprised of Academy members, a series of committees, which include the commissions, have also been set up to deal with specific duties.
Günter Blamberger, László Földenyi, Daniel Göske, Claire de Oliveira, Marisa Siguan, Stefan Weidner und Leszek Żyliński (Chair)
Daniel Göske, Susanne Lange, Gabriele Leupold (Chair), Terézia Mora, Ernst Osterkamp, Ulf Stolterfoht und Anne Weber
Lukas Bärfuss, Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken (Chair), Elisabeth Edl, Peter Eisenberg, Rüdiger Görner, Maja Haderlap, Lothar Müller und Ilma Rakusa
Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken, Heinrich Detering, Maja Haderlap, Felicitas Hoppe, Michael Krüger, Ilma Rakusa, Klaus Reichert (Chair), Monika Rinck und Ulrich Weinzierl
Members of the Academy: Heinrich Detering, Felicitas Hoppe, Ursula Krechel and Daniela Strigl
Ursula Bredel, Elisabeth Edl, Peter Eisenberg, Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, Helmuth Feilke, Rita Franceschini, Andreas Gardt (Chair), Hans-Martin Gauger, Thomas Gloning, Michael Hagner, Wolfgang Klein, Jürgen Schiewe and Ingo Schulze
Kurt Flasch, Hans-Martin Gauger, Albrecht Schöne