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.

Ulrich Weinzierl

Journalist, Literary critic and Author
Born 7/3/1954
Deceased 13/1/2023
Member since 2001

Ulrich Weinzierl, dem Kritiker, der in Rezensionen und Kulturberichten mit sicherem Urteil und dem Charme der Ironie das klassische Wiener Feuilleton zu neuen Ehren bringt...

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