Johann Heinrich Merck Prize
The Johann Heinrich Merck Prize for literary criticism and essay was donated by Merck KGaA in 1964 . It has since been awarded by the German Academy for Language and Poetry during its annual autumn conference, at the same time as the Georg Büchner Prize and the Sigmund Freud Prize . The endowment has been € 20,000 since 2013.
The prize is dedicated to Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791), the author of "exemplary reviews and essays," as the Academy writes.
Award winners
- 1964 Günter Blöcker
- 1965 No award
- 1966 Karl Heinz Ruppel
- 1967 Werner Weber
- 1968 Georg Hensel
- 1969 Erich Heller
- 1970 Joachim Kaiser
- 1971 Peter Huchel
- 1972 Horst Krüger
- 1973 HH Stuckenschmidt
- 1974 Joachim Günther
- 1975 Walter Höllerer
- 1976 Peter Rühmkorf
- 1977 François Bondy
- 1978 Karl Heinz Bohrer
- 1979 Werner Spies
- 1980 Sebastian Haffner
- 1981 Hilde Spiel
- 1982 Albert von Schirnding
- 1983 Albrecht Schöne
- 1984 Erwin Chargaff
- 1985 Sibylle Wirsing
- 1986 Heinrich Vormweg
- 1987 Reinhard Baumgart
- 1988 Ivan Nagel
- 1989 Lothar Baier
- 1990 Walter Boehlich
- 1991 Peter von Matt
- 1992 Benjamin Henrichs
- 1993 Hans Egon Holthusen
- 1994 Peter Demetz
- 1995 Michael Maar
- 1996 Ulrich Weinzierl
- 1997 Heinz F. Schafroth
- 1998 Iso Camartin
- 1999 Gerhard R. Koch
- 2000 Silvia Bovenschen
- 2001 Friedrich Dieckmann
- 2002 Volker Klotz
- 2003 Klaus Theweleit
- 2004 Anita Albus
- 2005 Hans Keilson
- 2006 Eduard Beaucamp
- 2007 Günther Rühle
- 2008 Lothar Müller
- 2009 Harald Hartung
- 2010 Karl-Markus Gauß
- 2011 Günter de Bruyn
- 2012 Heinz Schlaffer
- 2013 Wolfram Schütte
- 2014 Carolin Emcke
- 2015 Gabriele Goettle
- 2016 Kathrin Passig
- 2017 Jens Bisky
- 2018 Martin Pollack
- 2019 Daniela Strigl
- 2020 Iris Radisch
Web links
- Johann Heinrich Merck Prize (including speeches of thanks, laudations and documentary texts) on the website of the German Academy for Language and Poetry
Individual evidence
- ^ Merck Prize to Daniela Strigl, Sigmund Freud Prize to Thomas Macho. July 12, 2019, accessed July 16, 2019 .