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

Michael Maar

Literary scholar and Writer
Born 17/7/1960
Member since 2002

Michael Maar, dem ernsten Kritiker und Essayisten, der in einer Epoche des immer mehr verkommenden öffentlichen Sprechens die Tradition der großen Darlegungssprache fortführt...

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Herbert Heckmann
Vizepräsidenten Elisabeth Borchers, Norbert Miller, Ivan Nagel, Beisitzer Iso Camartin, Eckhard Heftrich, Hans Wollschläger