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Carl Zuckmayer
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Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977) was a German writer, playwright, screenwriter, and poet. Born in Nackenheim, he was educated at Goethe University Frankfurt and began his professional work in 1925. His notable works include *The Captain of Köpenick*, *Memento zum 20. Juli 1969*, *Scholar zwischen gestern und morgen*, *L'ange bleu*, *Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte*, and *Der fröhliche Weinberg*. He worked in New York City and was employed by the Deutsches Theater.
Zuckmayer held citizenship in Germany, the United States, and Switzerland. He was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. His awards included the Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, the Georg Büchner Prize, and the Kleist Prize. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Zuckmayer died in Visp and is buried in Saas-Fee.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 27. Dezember 1896
- Died
- 18. Januar 1977
- Works
- 218
Top works
- Turandot oder Der Kongre der Weiwscher / Publikumsbeschimpfung / Helm / Genusien / Fulein Julie / Goldene Stdte / Der frhliche Weinberg (Spectaculum -
- Memento zum 20. Juli 1969
- Scholar zwischen gestern und morgen
- L'ange bleu
- Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Nackenheim, Germany
Known for
- Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture — Self - Interviewee1976
- German Film Award — Self1951
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1896
- Active to
- 1977
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30
- Total plays
- 671
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Zuckmayer">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 14,232x
- Salmon provides fast and bias-aware quantification of transcript expression
· 2017 · cited 12,519x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,248x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Imagine that. All the men of Germany marching in step with even their wotsits hanging the same way.”
- “Oh that music - how it goes through one -”
- “I couldn't incriminate myself if I tried. And when it comes to the workings of the government I'd just as soon look away, anyway. You never know what you'll see.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- 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.
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Carl Zuckmayer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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), and Kranichtanz. Ein Akt (1967).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carl Zuckmayer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.