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

Marie Luise Knott

Essayist and Critic
Born 11/8/1953

Mit analytischer Kraft und durch die Kunst minutiöser Lektüre legen ihre Kritiken und Essays Erfahrungen der Krise, Gewalt und Migration frei.

Jury members
Ingo Schulze, Rita Franceschini, Olga Martynova, Lothar Müller, Lukas Bärfuss, Maja Haderlap, Felicitas Hoppe, Joachim Kalka, Daniela Strigl, Michael Walter