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.

Günter Blöcker

Journalist and Writer
Born 13/5/1913
Deceased 21/1/2006
Member since 1965

... gleich sicherer Kenner und Kritiker, aus unserer literarischen Gegenwart die Brücke zur europäischen Weltliteratur schlägt.

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Hanns W. Eppelsheimer
Vizepräsidenten Gerhart Pohl, Dolf Sternberger, Fritz Usinger, Beisitzer Friedrich Bischoff, Richard Gerlach, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Karl Krolow, Wilhelm Lehmann, Fritz Martini, W. E. Süskind, Ehrenpräsidenten Kasimir Edschmid, Hermann Kasack