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.

Silvia Bovenschen

Writer and Literary scholar
Born 5/3/1946
Deceased 25/10/2017
Member since 2013

... deren sprachmächtige Essays in der Tradition Lichtenbergs, Simmels und Adornos von den Rändern her ins Zentrum von Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur vorstoßen.

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Christian Meier
Vizepräsidenten Peter Hamm, Ilma Rakusa, Klaus Reichert, Beisitzer Harald Hartung, Peter von Matt, Uwe Pörksen, Lea Ritter-Santini