Carl Zuckmayer Medal

The Carl Zuckmayer Medal (Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille) is a literary prize given by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in memory of Carl Zuckmayer. The medal itself was fashioned by state artist Otto Kallenbach. 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



 * 1979: Günther Fleckenstein
 * 1980: Werner Hinz
 * 1982: Georg Hensel
 * 1984: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
 * 1985: Ludwig Harig
 * 1986: Dolf Sternberger
 * 1987: Tankred Dorst
 * 1988: Günter Strack
 * 1989: Hanns Dieter Hüsch
 * 1990: Martin Walser, Adolf Muschg, André Weckmann
 * 1991: Albrecht Schöne
 * 1992: Hilde Domin
 * 1993: Hans Sahl
 * 1994: Fred Oberhauser
 * 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: Hans Werner Kilz
 * 2012: Uwe Timm
 * 2013 Doris Dörrie
 * 2014 Dieter Kühn
 * 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