Dictionary of Jewish Biography

ZUCKMAYER, CARL

Zuckmayer, Carl: translation

(1896-1977)
German playwright. He was born in Nackenheim. Although he had a Jewish mother, he was raised as a Catholic. From 1919 he worked in the theatre and as a freelance writer. In 1924 he joined Bertholt Brecht at Berlin's Deutsches Theatre. He moved to Switzerland in 1938, and later settled in the US. Jewish characters play a role in a number of his dramas.

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