31 October 2020
BÜCHNER, FREUD AND MERCK AWARDS
4pm
Staatstheater Darmstadt
Großes Haus
Georg-Büchner-Platz 1
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the event can only take place with few participants. However, it can be followed via Video livestream www.deutschekademie.de www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de
Audio livestream www.deutschlandradio.de
Award of the Academy Prize Welcome: Ernst Osterkamp President of the German Academy for Language and Literature Greeting: Angela Dorn Hessian Minister for Science and Art
Johann Heinrich Merck Prize
for literary criticism and essay
to Iris Radisch
Laudatory speech by Péter Nádas
Sigmund Freud Prize
for scientific prose to Ute Frevert
Laudatory speech by Gesine Schwan
Georg Büchner Prize to Elke Erb Laudatory speech by Hendrik Jackson