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The Carl Zuckmayer Medal () is a literary prize given by the state of
Landesregierung Auszeichnungen: Carl Zuckmayer Medaille, Mediathek
Kurt Beck verleiht Edgar Reitz die Carl Zuckmayer-Medaille 2004
Staatskanzlei Rheinland-Pfalz
Archive, Institut für pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde {{Authority control Zuckmayer
The Carl Zuckmayer Medal () is a literary prize given by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
in memory of Carl Zuckmayer
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 ...
. The medal itself was fashioned by state artist . The prize is also given with a 30-liter cask of Nackenheimer wine from the Weingut Gunderloch, a winery valued by Zuckmayer. The bestowal takes place on 18 January, the anniversary of Zuckmayer's death.
Winners
Menasse commenting on the Medal before the ceremony (2019) *1979: *1980: Werner Hinz *1982: *1984: Friedrich Dürrenmatt *1985: *1986: Dolf Sternberger *1987: Tankred Dorst *1988: Günter Strack *1989: Hanns Dieter Hüsch *1990: Martin Walser, Adolf Muschg, *1991: Albrecht Schöne *1992: Hilde Domin *1993: Hans Sahl *1994: *1995: Grete Weil *1996: Mario Adorf *1997: Katharina Thalbach *1998: Harald Weinrich *1999: Eva-Maria Hagen for her 1998 letter exchange with Wolf Biermann "Eva und der Wolf" *2000: Peter Rühmkorf *2001: Mirjam Pressler *2002: Herta Müller *2003: Monika Maron and Wolf von Lojewski *2004: Edgar Reitz *2005: Thomas Brussig *2006: Armin Mueller-Stahl *2007: Udo Lindenberg *2008: Bodo Kirchhoff *2009: Volker Schlöndorff *2010: Emine Sevgi Özdamar *2011: *2012: Uwe Timm *2013 Doris Dörrie *2014 *2015 Bruno Ganz *2016 Sven Regener *2017 Joachim Meyerhoff *2018 Yoko Tawada *2019 Robert Menasse *2020 Maren Kroymann *2021 Nora Gomringer *2022 Rafik Schami *2023 Nino Haratischwili *2024 Matthias Brandt *2025 Maria SchraderSee also
* German literature * List of literary awards * List of poetry awards * List of years in literature * List of years in poetryNotes
References
* *External links
Landesregierung Auszeichnungen: Carl Zuckmayer Medaille, Mediathek
Kurt Beck verleiht Edgar Reitz die Carl Zuckmayer-Medaille 2004
Staatskanzlei Rheinland-Pfalz
Archive, Institut für pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde {{Authority control Zuckmayer