Martin Werhand (born May 13, 1968, in

Neuwied Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ...

, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German publisher, editor and writer. 1997 he founded the publishing house

Martin Werhand Verlag The Martin Werhand Verlag is a German publishing house with a focus on contemporary literature and poetry. More than 25% of the 150 published authors have an immigrant background with parents who were born outside of Germany and have their roots ...

Melsbach Melsbach is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 2018, it is part of the Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach. Description Melsbach is in the midst of thick, lush forests. It is located at the southern border ...

with focus on Fiction.

Life and work

Martin Peter Werhand was born in 1968 as son of artisan blacksmith Klaus Rudolf Werhand. After attaining the in 1988 at Werner-Heisenberg- Gymnasium in Neuwied, Werhand studied in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

German language and literature studies between 1992 und 1997 (amongst other under Günter Blamberger, English language and literature studies (under Ansgar Nünning) and theatre, film and media (under Renate Möhrmann at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

. Whilst still studying, Werhand decided in 1997 to establish an independent literature publishing company. As publisher and editor he took care of the works of numerous young authors in the anthology series ''Junge Lyrik'' between 1999 and 2002. Starting with the first book of the series followed by ''Junge Lyrik II'' and ''Junge Lyrik III'', numerous readings took place in

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) 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 ...

and

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

. 2006 he published the poetry anthology ''Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe''. Since 2014 Werhand publishes apart from the anthologies also several series of poetry books. In 2016 the Martin Werhand Verlag presented some new book series at

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like or ''50 Gedichte''. Martin Werhand lives and works in Melsbach, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Poetry projects (selection)

Since 1999 Martin Werhand realised as a publisher, editor and author together with institutions, bookshops and other publishers numerous poetry projects, for example on

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on April 23, 2003, in

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together with the Thalia Holding, where he presented himself as editor of the book and also as author together with six other poets, among them Florian Cieslik,

Patric Hemgesberg Patric Hemgesberg (born 3 November 1973 in Brühl) is a German poet. Life and career Patric Hemgesberg was born in 1973 in Brühl. After a brief study of social education he has worked since 2001 as a home educator in a home for disabled peopl ...

and

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. Also in 2006, as the

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AG under the direction of Dr. Joachim Tuz, he organized the project ''Poesie Bewegt'' (Poetry Moves) with many authors of Martin Werhand Verlag. Martin Werhand also contributed as an author

Publications (selection)

Books as editor

Literature (selection)

Publishers' International ISBN Directory: 26th Edition of Publishers' International Directory with ISBN Index and the 20th Edition of the International ISBN Publishers' Directory. Geographical section: R-Z, Band 2
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K. G. Saur Verlag K. G. Saur Verlag is a German publisher that specializes in reference information for libraries. The publishing house, founded by Karl Saur, is owned by Walter de Gruyter and is based in Munich. In 1987, K. G. Saur was acquired by Reed Intern ...

, 1999, p. 654
La construcción del "yo" femenino en la literatura, Biruté Ciplijauskaité, Universidad de Cádiz, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2004 – p. 437

Not So Plain as Black and White: Afro-German Culture and History, 1890–2000
Patricia M. Mazón, Reinhild Steingröver (Editor),

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, Patricia M. Mazón, Reinhild Steingröver – 2005 p. 231 * Stephan Koranyi (Editor): Gedichte zur Weihnacht, Reclam Verlag, 2009, p. 235, 241, 245 * Ina Nefzer (Editor): Gedichte wie Schmetterlinge, Thienemann Verlag, 2010, p. 124-127
Wie viel Tod verträgt das Team?: Belastungs- und Schutzfaktoren in Hospizarbeit und Palliativmedizin, David Pfister, Monika Müller (Editors)

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, 2014, p. 59 * Dietrich Bode (Editor): Italien. Eine Reise in Gedichten, Reclam Verlag, 2016, p. 125 * Annette Riedel, Anne-Christin Linde (Editors)
Ethische Reflexion in der Pflege: Konzepte – Werte – Phänomene.

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, 2018, p. 134. *

Nicolai Riedel Nicolai Riedel (born 17 October 1952 in Lübeck) is a German philologist, author and an editor. Riedel worked for a long time as a research fellow in the library of the German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar. In addition, he is the author ...

''Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020.''

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, 2023, p. 976

External links

Official website of Martin Werhand
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Portrait of Martin Werhand
in:

Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank The Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank (People database of Rhineland-Palatinate, RPPD) is an internet database with short biographies of people who have lived or worked in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is being edited at four scientific libraries i ...

Appearance
at

October 2016
Martin Werhand
in:

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Martin Werhand
In: ''Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert - Nachtragsband: N - Z Volume 3'',

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, 2022, ISBN 978-3-11-072691-6

References

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