English subtitles for clip: File:Zuckmayer-Medaille 2019 23.webm

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I did read Zuckmayer with great enthusiasm as a student of German language and literature, and now again on the occasion of the award ceremony.

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I became aware of something that I didn't understand at the time: how much the biography and the course of events can make a man a citizen of the world.

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Zuckmayer can clearly see that.

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I have come to a definition that suits me what cosmopolitanism means. These are Europeans who are open to the world.

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I found the fun again, it wasn't easy. We didn't make the decision easy for ourselves. There were many conversations with the jury and Herrn Menasse.

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Nevertheless I am happy about the award because Mr Menasse made it very clear that one has to stick to facts in the political discourse. But we also make our living from the fact that people write great literature and that in literature



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