Carl Zuckmayer

Hans Wagener (University of California, Los Angeles)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

Born 27 Dec 1896
Died 18 Jan 1977
Activity 1917-1977

Places

Born in Germany
Active in Germany; United States

Activities

Primary

Essayist
Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Novelist
Playwright / Dramatist
Poet

Resources

The playwright, novelist and essayist Carl Zuckmayer became first active during the time of German Expressionism. With the publication of Der fröhliche Weinberg [The Merry Vineyard, 1925] he was instrumental in bringing Expressionism to an end. Thus he was one of the initiators of the drama of New Objectivity. He was one of the most popular playwrights of the Weimar Republic and, next to Bertolt Brecht, the most widely performed dramatist in West Germany in the first years after World War II.

Carl Zuckmayer was born on 27 December 1896 in the wine producing small town of Nackenheim close to the River Rhine. His father owned a factory that made caps for wine bottles in nearby Mainz. His …

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Citation: Wagener, Hans. "Carl Zuckmayer". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 September 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12191, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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