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Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis is a literary prize of Hesse
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Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
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Winners
- 1964 Günter Blöcker
- 1965 Keine Verleihung
- 1966 Karl Heinz Ruppel
- 1967 Werner Weber
- 1968 Georg Hensel
- 1969 Erich HellerErich HellerErich Heller was a British essayist, known particularly for his critical studies in German-language philosophy and literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.- Biography :...
- 1970 Joachim Kaiser
- 1971 Peter HuchelPeter HuchelPeter Huchel , born Hellmut Huchel, was a German poet.-Life:Huchel was born in Lichterfelde near Berlin. From 1923 to 1926 Huchel studied literature and philosophy in Berlin, Freiburg and Vienna. Between 1927 and 1930 he travelled to France, Romania, Hungary and Turkey...
- 1972 Horst Krüger
- 1973 H. H. Stuckenschmidt
- 1974 Joachim Günther
- 1975 Walter Höllerer
- 1976 Peter RühmkorfPeter RühmkorfPeter Rühmkorf was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature....
- 1977 François BondyFrançois BondyFrançois Bondy was a Swiss journalist and novelist.He worked for Swiss and German newspapers and was reputed for his political commentaries...
- 1978 Karl Heinz BohrerKarl Heinz BohrerKarl Heinz Bohrer is a German literary scholar and Essayist.-Life and work:Karl Heinz Bohrer received a doctorate from the University of Heidelberg in 1962 with a dissertation about the Philosophy of History of the German Romantics and received his post doctorate lecturing qualifications at...
- 1979 Werner SpiesWerner SpiesWerner Spies is a German art historian, journalist and organizer of exhibitions. From 1997 to 2000, he was also a director of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.-Life and work:...
- 1980 Sebastian HaffnerSebastian HaffnerSebastian Haffner was a German journalist and author. He wrote mainly about recent German history....
- 1981 Hilde Spiel
- 1982 Albert von Schirnding
- 1983 Albrecht Schöne
- 1984 Erwin ChargaffErwin ChargaffErwin Chargaff was an American biochemist who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi era. Through careful experimentation, Chargaff discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA...
- 1985 Sibylle Wirsing
- 1986 Heinrich Vormweg
- 1987 Reinhard Baumgart
- 1988 Ivan NagelIvan NagelIvan Nagel is a German theater scientist, critic and former theater director of Hungarian origin.-Life:Ivan Nagel comes from a Jewish family who fled their home because of the Second World War, and therefore survived the Holocaust. After the war, Nagel wanted to study in Budapest...
- 1989 Lothar BaierLothar BaierLothar Baier was a German author, publisher, translator and co-founder of the Literary periodical text + kritik....
- 1990 Walter BoehlichWalter BoehlichWalter Boehlich was a German journalist, literary critic, literary editor and translator.-Life:Walter Boehlich was born in Breslau, Silesia, as a son of writer Ernst Boehlich. During the Nazi regime, Boelich was discriminated at school because of his Jewish background...
- 1991 Peter von MattPeter von Matt-Life:Peter von Matt grew up in Stans in the canton of Nidwalden. He studied Art History as well as German and English studies in Zürich and received a doctorate with Emil Staiger on Franz Grillparzer. In 1970, he received his post doctorate lecturing qualifications with a work on E. T. A...
- 1992 Benjamin Henrichs
- 1993 Hans Egon HolthusenHans Egon HolthusenHans Egon Holthusen was a German lyric poet, essayist, and literary scholar.Holthusen was born in Rendsburg the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, the son of a Protestant clergyman...
- 1994 Peter Demetz
- 1995 Michael MaarMichael MaarMichael Maar is a German literary scholar and author.For his 1995 doctoral dissertation on Thomas Mann, titled Geister und Kunst, he was awarded the Johann Heinrich Merck Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. He was himself elected a member of the academy in 2002...
- 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 TheweleitKlaus TheweleitKlaus Theweleit is a German sociologist and writer.-Life:Theweleit was born in East Prussia, the son of a railway company worker. He wrote the following about his father: "Above all he was a railroader, wholeheartedly, as he used to say, and then a human being. He was a rather good human being and...
- 2004 Anita Albus
- 2005 Hans KeilsonHans KeilsonHans Alex Keilson was a Jewish German/Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst, and child psychologist. He was best known for his novels set during the Second World War, during which he was an active member of the Dutch resistance....
- 2006 Eduard Beaucamp
- 2007 Günther Rühle
- 2008 Lothar Müller
- 2009 Harald Hartung
- 2010 Karl-Markus GaußKarl-Markus GaußKarl-Markus Gauß is an Austrian contemporary writer, essayist and editor. He lives in Salzburg.- Biography :Gauß has a degree for German Philology and History from the University of Salzburg. He very early published literary essays, primarily in the magazine Wiener Tagebuch ...
- 2011 Günter de BruynGünter de BruynGünter de Bruyn is a German author.-Life:Günter de Bruyn was born in Berlin and served as a Luftwaffenhelfer and soldier in World War II. After his release from his American arrest, he found a place as a farm worker in Hesse. After his return to Berlin, he would be trained as a "new teacher" in...