Carl Zuckmayer

Carl Zuckmayer (27 December 1896 – 18 January 1977) was a German writer and playwright. His older brother was the pedagogue, composer, conductor, and pianist Eduard Zuckmayer.

Carl Zuckmayer
Zuckmayer in 1920
Born(1896-12-27)27 December 1896
Nackenheim, Rhenish Hesse, Germany
Died18 January 1977(1977-01-18) (aged 80)
Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Resting placeSaas-Fee, Valais, Switzerland
Occupation
  • Writer
  • playwright
LanguageGerman
Citizenship
  • German
  • American
  • Swiss
Notable awards
  • Goethe Prize
  • Bundesverdienstkreuz
  • Staatspreis für Literatur
  • Pour le Mérite
  • Verdienstkreuz am Band, et al.

His first two dramas were failures. In 1929, he wrote the script for the movie Der blaue Engel, for which he received the Georg Büchner Prize. He also wrote plays, including The Captain of Köpenick (1931), Des Teufels General (1946), Barbara Blomberg. Ein Stück in drei Akten (1949), andKranichtanz. Ein Akt (1967).

Zuckmayer was a recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including the Kleist Prize, Medal of the city of Göttingen, the Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature, and the Ring of Salzburg.

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