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

Volker Klotz

Literary scholar, Drama critic and Dramaturg
Born 20/12/1930

... immer im Dienst einer Literatur, die von vielen Menschen erlebt, geliebt, gebraucht wird.

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