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 in countries like the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Russia or Uganda. Thus is also a mirror image of the German Society. The Martin Werhand publishing house stands for tolerance, integration and openness. It is located in
Rhineland-Palatinate
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.
Foundation
The Martin Werhand publishing house was founded in April 1997 by the German
philologist
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, author and editor
Martin Werhand
Martin Werhand (born May 13, 1968, in Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German publisher, editor and writer.
1997 he founded the publishing house Martin Werhand Verlag in Melsbach with focus on Fiction.
Life and work
Martin Peter Werhand was ...
. Martin is the son of
Klaus Rudolf Werhand, a
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 ...
-born
blacksmith
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and art metal sculptor.
The beginning history of the publishing house started with the
University of Bonn
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and
University of Cologne
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, from where the first anthology of poetry ''Junge Lyrik'' took its beginning in 1999. From 1999 to 2002 the Martin Werhand publishing house has published three successful poetry volumes named ''Junge Lyrik'', ''Junge Lyrik II'' and ''Junge Lyrik III'', in each of which 750 poems were included from 50 young, previously unpublished authors. This was associated with a reading series where the authors recited their works in different towns in Germany like
Essen
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, Bonn or
Cologne
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. In 2003, the
Thalia bookstore organized via its parent company Poertgen Herder in
Münster
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on
World Book Day
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on 23 April a reading with the anthology series ''Junge Lyrik''. In 2006 the
Bremer Straßenbahn
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AG under the direction of Dr. Joachim Tuz started a visual lyrical project called ''Poetry in Motion'' (''Poesie bewegt'') with many of the Martin Werhand publishing house authors with their contemporary poems.
In 2014 the Martin Werhand Verlag started a poetry series called ''100 Gedichte''. In 2016 the publishing house presented some new book series at
Frankfurt Book Fair
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. like or ''50 Gedichte''.
Renowned literary publishing houses such as
Reclam Verlag or Thienemann Verlag engage in choosing their anthologies back on the authorship of the Martin Werhand publishing house in the recent past.
Authors
Among the published authors are the Bulgarian-born author
Angela Litschev
Angela Litschev (also known as Angela Litschewa, Bulgarian Ангела Личева; born 17 July 1978) is a Bulgarian-born German writer and poet.
Life and career
Angela Litschev was born 1978 in Sofia as the only daughter of Alexander Litsc ...
(
Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
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) 2005, the poet
Patric Hemgesberg
Patric Hemgesberg (born 3 November 1973 in Brühl (Rheinland), 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 ...
, musician and writer
Christian Jahl
Christian Jahl (born 8 December 1972 in Düsseldorf) is a German musician, writer, and songwriter.
Life and career
During his studies at University of Cologne, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in musicology, Christian Jahl published his ...
, the Austrian-born theatre director and playwright
Georgia Doll
Georgia Doll (born July 2, 1980 in Vienna) is an Austrian-born German theatre director, playwright and poet.
Life and career
Georgia Doll was born in 1980 in Vienna. At the age of eight years her parents left Austria and moved to Hamburg. Afte ...
, the poet
Meinolf Finke
Meinolf Finke (born 14 August 1963 in Arnsberg) is a German writer and poet.
Life and career
Meinolf Finke was born 1963 in Arnsberg (Westphalia). After obtaining the Abitur at ''Gymnasium Laurentianum Arnsberg'', military service and a trainin ...
, the writer
Renate Freund
Renate Freund (born 3 October 1939, in Neuwied) is a German author of short stories and poetry.
Life and work
Renate Freund was born in 1939 in Neuwied as the second of five children. Being a qualified shorthand clerk, she started her career as a ...
, the Spanish-born actor
Mario Ramos
Mario Martin Ramos (born October 19, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Ramos was born in Aurora, Illinois. He went to Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas, where he also resides today. He was a 5'11", 180-pound pitcher ...
who won the
Hersfeld-Preis
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The festival and spa town of Bad Hersf ...
in 2005, the poet
Vera Ludwig, the poet
Thomas Bruns
Thomas Bruns (born 7 January 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Heracles Almelo.
Club career Heracles Almelo
Born in Wierden, Bruns is a product of the local youth academy (Dutch source), which sinc ...
, the
Haiku
is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or se ...
-writer
Daniel Dölschner, poet and translator
Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller, Daniela Frickel of the
University of Cologne
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, the Slam Poetry artist Florian Cieslik, the writer
Andrea Heuser (
Wolfgang-Weyrauch-Förderpreis) 2007, the playwright Peter Wayand, Werner Moskopp of the
University of Koblenz and Landau
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, the poet
Thorsten Libotte
Thorsten Libotte (born 20 July 1972 in Bonn) is a German writer and poet.
Life and career
Thorsten Libotte was born 1972 in Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia). After graduating from high school and subsequent military duty he began his biology studi ...
, the writer
Thomas Wensing, the poet
Frank Findeiß and the journalist
Simone Roßkamp who won the
Axel-Springer-Preis
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History
The prize was awarded for ...
in 2005.
Publications (selection)
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* Bergnebel: 50 zeitlose Gedichte, Gustav Schüler 2018, .
* Herbstnebel: 50 zeitlose Gedichte, Wilhelmine Gräfin Wickenburg-Almásy 2018, .
* Abendlied: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Otto Julius Bierbaum
Otto Julius Bierbaum (28 June 1865 – 1 February 1910) was a German writer.
Bierbaum was born in Grünberg, Silesia. After studying in Leipzig, he became a journalist and editor for the journals ''Die freie Bühne'', ''Pan'' and '' Die Insel'' ...
2018, .
* Zauberblick: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Joseph von Eichendorff
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 178826 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism.Cf. J. A. Cuddon: '' ...
2018, .
* Aufblick: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Anton Wildgans
Anton Wildgans (17 April 1881 – 3 May 1932) was an Austrian poet and playwright.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
Life
Born in Vienna, Wildgans studied law at the University of Vienna, from 1900 ...
2019, .
* Dünenhaus: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Stefan George
Stefan Anton George (; 12 July 18684 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literar ...
2019, .
* Weihestunde: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Carl Spitteler
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (24 April 1845 – 29 December 1924) was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic, ''Olympian Spring''". His work includes both pessimistic and hero ...
2019, .
* Nebelbild: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Paul Heyse
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (; 15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the ''Tunnel über der Spree'' in Berlin and ''Die Krokodile'' in Munich, he wrote no ...
2019, .
* Wanderlied: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Rudolf Baumbach
Rudolf Baumbach (28 September 1840 – 21 September 1905) was a German poet.
Life
Born in Kranichfeld in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the son of a local medical practitioner, he received his early schooling at the gymnasium of Meiningen, to which plac ...
2019, .
* Waldasyl: 50 zeitlose Gedichte,
Robert Hamerling
Robert Hamerling (March 24, 1830July 13, 1889) was an Austrian poet.
Biography
Hamerling was born into a poor family at Kirchberg am Walde in Lower Austria. He displayed an early genius for poetry; his youthful attempts at drama excited the inte ...
2019, .
* Heidenglaube: 50 zeitlose Gedichte, Edgar Kurz 2019, .
* Weltseele: 50 zeitlose Gedichte, Adolf Vögtlin 2019, .
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Contemporary fiction (selection)
* Junge Lyrik – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter 1999, . (Co-author) Also second, revised edition 2000
''Junge Lyrik (2. edition).''
In: ''Badische Landesbibliothek
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Established around 1500, ...
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* Junge Lyrik II – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter 2000, .
* Junge Lyrik III – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter 2002, . (Co-author) Also second, revised edition
* Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe – 36 Dichterinnen und Dichter 2006, . (Co-author)
* Zauberwelten: 100 Gedichte, Meinolf Finke
Meinolf Finke (born 14 August 1963 in Arnsberg) is a German writer and poet.
Life and career
Meinolf Finke was born 1963 in Arnsberg (Westphalia). After obtaining the Abitur at ''Gymnasium Laurentianum Arnsberg'', military service and a trainin ...
, 2014, .
* Quintessenz: 100 Gedichte, Thorsten Libotte
Thorsten Libotte (born 20 July 1972 in Bonn) is a German writer and poet.
Life and career
Thorsten Libotte was born 1972 in Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia). After graduating from high school and subsequent military duty he began his biology studi ...
, 2014, .
* Mitbürger: 100 Gedichte, Thorsten Libotte 2014, .
* Mitschrift: 100 Gedichte, Thomas Wensing, 2014, .
* Anthrophobia: 100 Gedichte, Werner Moskopp 2014, .
* Gesterntränen: 100 Gedichte, Tobias Seitz 2014, .
* Krsna-Bewusstsein: Aphorismen, Werner Moskopp 2015, .
* Sozialisolation: 100 Gedichte, Frank Findeiß, 2015, .
* Zwischenspiel: Kurzgeschichten, Thomas Wensing 2015, .
* Nebeltag: 100 Gedichte, Uwe Martens 2015, .
* Zapping: 250 Gedichte, Thorsten Libotte 2015, .
* Sonnenhonig: 100 Gedichte, Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller, 2015, .
* Lichtgestöber: 100 Sonette, Meinolf Finke 2015, .
* Großstadtsommer: 100 Gedichte, Christian Jahl
Christian Jahl (born 8 December 1972 in Düsseldorf) is a German musician, writer, and songwriter.
Life and career
During his studies at University of Cologne, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in musicology, Christian Jahl published his ...
2015, .
* Sternenstaub: 50 Gedichte, Thomas Bruns
Thomas Bruns (born 7 January 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Heracles Almelo.
Club career Heracles Almelo
Born in Wierden, Bruns is a product of the local youth academy (Dutch source), which sinc ...
2015, .
* Blutonium: 100 Gedichte, Frank Findeiß 2016, .
* Sandtropfen: 50 Gedichte, Vera Ludwig 2016, .
* Herbstspaziergang: 100 Gedichte, Christian Brune-Sieren 2016, .
* Degravitation: 50 Gedichte in Deutsch - 50 Poems in English, Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller 2016, .
* Morgenröte: 100 Gedichte, Thomas Bruns 2016, .
* Meditation: 50 Gedichte, Christof Schadt 2016, .
* Feuertanz: 50 Gedichte, Cindy Vogel 2016, .
* Zeitungsstand: 50 Gedichte, Christian Jahl 2016, .
* Horizont: 100 Gedichte, Vera Ludwig 2016, .
* Der letzte Tanz: Krimi-Kurzgeschichten, Renate Freund
Renate Freund (born 3 October 1939, in Neuwied) is a German author of short stories and poetry.
Life and work
Renate Freund was born in 1939 in Neuwied as the second of five children. Being a qualified shorthand clerk, she started her career as a ...
2016, .
* Wintersonne: 50 Sonette, Meinolf Finke 2016, .
* Albtrauma: 50 Gedichte, Frank Findeiß 2017, .
* Weltwelke: 50 Gedichte, Uwe Martens 2017, .
* Himmelreich: 50 Sonette, Renate Freund 2017, .
* Goldregenzeit: 50 Sonette, Meinolf Finke 2017, .
* Sinnpuppe: 50 Gedichte, Renate Freund 2018, .
* Marzipanhaut: 50 Gedichte, Evelyne A. Adenauer .
* Glassymphonien: 50 Sonette, Renate Freund 2018, .
* Kassiber: 50 Gedichte, Frank Findeiß 2018, .
* Sonnenähren: 100 Sonette, Renate Freund 2018, .
* Zauberbuch: 150 Gedichte, Thomas Bruns 2019, .
* Lichthoffnung: 50 Sonette, Renate Freund 2019, .
* Herbsttag: 50 Gedichte, Thomas Wensing, 2019, .
* Winterruhe: 100 Gedichte, Renate Freund 2019, .
* Alphasucht: 50 Gedichte, Frank Findeiß 2019, .
* Dorfidylle: 250 Gedichte, Renate Freund 2019, .
* Blütenlese: 250 Gedichte, Meinolf Finke, 2019, .
References
External links
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Appearance
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October 2016
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