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

Reinhard Baumgart

Writer, Literary critic and Drama critic
Born 7/7/1929
Deceased 2/7/2003
Member since 1983

Seine Rezensionen und Essays erreichen eine Luzidität, die das Handwerk des Kritikers zur Kunst bringt.

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Herbert Heckmann,
Vizepräsidenten Ludwig Harig, Hans-Martin Gauger, Helmut Heißenbüttel, Beisitzer Beda Allemann, Günter Busch, Hans Paeschke, Lea Ritter-Santini, Bernhard Zeller, Ernst Zinn, Ehrenpräsident Dolf Sternberger