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.
Poet and Journalist
Born 3/4/1903
Deceased 30/4/1981
Member since 1972
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Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Gerhard Storz
Vizepräsidenten Karl Krolow, Dolf Sternberger, Beisitzer Richard Gerlach, Ernst Kreuder, Fritz Martini, Otto Rombach, Horst Rüdiger, Hans Scholz, Wolfgang Weyrauch