Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977) was a German playwright whose works deal critically with many of the problems engendered by the two world wars.
Born in Nackenheim am Rhein, Zuckmayer served for four years in the German army during World War I and, after that, devoted himself to writing. He lived in Austria, but, following its invasion in 1939, he went to America. He lived in Switzerland from 1946.
Zuckmayer’s best-known plays are the earthy comedy Der fröhliche Weinberg (1925, ‘The Happy Vineyard,’) for which he received the Kleist Prize. He also wrote Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1931, ‘The Captain of Köpenick’) and Des Teufels General (1942–45, ‘The Devil’s General,’) both made into feature films.
Zuckmayer’s literary output also includes the plays Das kalte Licht (1955, ‘The Cold Light’) and Die Uhr schlägt eins (1961, ‘The Clock Strikes One,’) a novel, and some poetry.
Zuckmayer published an autobiography, Als wär’s ein Stück von mir (‘As lf lt Was a Part of Me,’) in 1966.
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Tact is the great ability to see other people as they think you see them.
—Carl Zuckmayer
One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline – and that’s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.
—Carl Zuckmayer
Topics: Discipline
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