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.

Karl Heinz Bohrer

Literary scholar and Journalist
Born 26/9/1932
Deceased 4/8/2021
Member since 2011

Karl Heinz Bohrer, der als Essayist und Kritiker seine Umwelt, die Literatur und die schönen Künste mit sinnlichem Intellekt wahrnimmt...

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Peter de Mendelssohn
Vizepräsidenten Karl Krolow, Horst Rüdiger, Dolf Sternberger, Beisitzer Gerhard Storz, Bernhard Zeller, Eva Zeller