Carl Zuckmayer Medal
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Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
in memory of Carl Zuckmayer
Carl Zuckmayer
Carl Zuckmayer was a German writer and playwright.-Biography:Born in Nackenheim in Rheinhessen, he was four years old when his family moved to Mainz. With the outbreak of World War I, he finished school with a facilitated "emergency"-Abitur and volunteered for military service...
. The medal itself was fashioned by state artist Prof. Otto Kallenbach. The prize is also given with a 30 liter cask of Nackenheim
Nackenheim
Nackenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – and a winegrowing centre in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...
er wine from region Gunderlock, a type valued by Zuckmayer. The bestowal takes place on January 18, the anniversary of Zuckmayer's death.
See also
- German literatureGerman literatureGerman literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in literature
- List of years in poetry
External links
- Video der Laudatio der Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille 2006 an Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Kurt Beck verleiht Edgar Reitz die Carl Zuckmayer-Medaille 2004, Staatskanzlei Rheinland-Pfalz
- Monika Maron und Wolf von Lojewski erhalten Zuckmayer-Medaille 2003, Staatskanzlei
- Mirjam Pressler erhält Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille 2001, Staatskanzlei
- Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz 1997: Katharina Thalbach, Institut für pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde