biography
pronunciation:
[tsukmayer]
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| lived:
| (1896–1977)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Nackenheim, WC Germany. He emigrated to the USA in 1939, but lived in Switzerland from 1946. His best-known plays are Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1931, The Captain of Köpenick) and Des Teufels General (1946, The Devil's General), both of which have been filmed. He also wrote essays, novels, film scripts, some poetry, and his autobiography Als wärs ein Stück von mir (1966, A Part of Myself). |
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