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.

Günther Rühle

Director of a theatre and Drama critic
Born 3/6/1924

... der in monumentalen Büchern zum Chronisten der Ereignisse und Menschen des Theaters in Deutschland geworden ist.

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Klaus Reichert
Vizepräsidenten Peter Hamm, Uwe Pörksen, Ilma Rakusa, Beisitzer Friedrich Christian Delius, Harald Hartung, Joachim Kalka, Peter von Matt, Gustav Seibt, Werner Spies