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.
Physician, Psychoanalyst and Writer
Born 12/12/1909
Deceased 31/5/2011
Member since 1999
Hans Keilson, dem Essayisten und Wissenschaftler, dem Dichter und Erzähler, der in seinem vielseitigen Werk Psychologie, Poesie und Kritik zusammengeführt hat...
Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Klaus Reichert
Vizepräsidenten Peter Hamm, Uwe Pörksen, Ilma Rakusa, Beisitzer Friedrich Christian Delius, Heinrich Detering, Harald Hartung, Joachim Kalka, Peter von Matt