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.

Martin Pollack

Journalist, Writer and Translator
Born 23/5/1944

...der seine Arbeit den vergessenen und verdrängten Ereignissen in der mitteleuropäischen Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts widmet...

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Ernst Osterkamp
Vizepräsidenten Aris Fioretos, Wolfgang Klein, Monika Rinck, Beisitzer László Földényi, Michael Hagner, Elisabeth Edl, Dea Loher, Ilma Rakusa, Marisa Siguan