Carl Zuckmayer

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

Carl Zuckmayer (27 December 1896 – 18 January 1977)^[1] was a German writer and playwright. His older brother was the pedagogue, composer, conductor, and pianist Eduard Zuckmayer.

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.