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

Peter Demetz

Germanist
Born 21/10/1922
Deceased 29/4/2024
Member since 1977

... dessen Bücher und Kritiken geprägt sind von der Freiheit des Essays, tragend, zweifelnd, neugierig, offen für Widerspruch und Revision.

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