Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis

The »Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis für literarische Kritik und Essay« (Prize for Literary Criticism and Essay Writing) has been awarded by the German Academy for Language and Literature since 1964, financed by the Darmstadt-based Merck pharmaceutical company.
It is awarded annually at the autumn conference of the German Academy in Darmstadt. The Johann Heinrich Merck Prize has been endowed with €20,000 since 2013.

Awardees

Erich Heller

Jurist and Essayist
Born 27/3/1911
Deceased 5/11/1990
Member since 1964

... in jedem Buch Erich Hellers vereinigen sich ausgebreitetes Wissen, tiefdringende Unterscheidung, klare Zusammenschau zu einem Ganzen von seltener Art...

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Gerhard Storz
Vizepräsidenten Karl Krolow, Dolf Sternberger, Beisitzer Friedrich Bischoff, Richard Gerlach, Fritz Martini, Otto Rombach, Horst Rüdiger, Hans Scholz, W. E. Süskind, Wolfgang Weyrauch