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

Jutta Person

Literary critic

Ob ihre Schriften sich literarischen Texten oder Korallen oder Eseln widmen: stets öffnet Jutta Person großzügig einen hellen Raum, in dem die Sache sich bemerkenswert klar betrachten lässt.

Jury members
Ernst Osterkamp, Ursula Bredel, Michael Hagner, Monika Rinck, Lukas Bärfuss, Elisabeth Edl, Maja Haderlap, Ilma Rakusa, Marisa Siguan und Stefan Weidner