Michael Werner (publisher)
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Michael Werner (born 1965 in
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,
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) is a publisher of Pennsylvania German publications and writer of Pennsylvania German articles, prose and poetry. He is the founder and publisher of the only existing Pennsylvania German newspaper, ''
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''.


Life

Werner was raised in the Palatinate (Germany). Members of his family had emigrated from this area to the U.S. in the 19th century. He studied at the University of Mannheim and holds a Master's degree in General Linguistics, Germans Studies and Sociology. His Ph.D. Thesis is dealing with Pennsylvania German literature. Werner is working as publishing director of a B2B publishing house in Mainz (Germany). He lives in Ober-Olm.


Activities

In 1993, he became a student of C. Richard Beam (1925-2018), director of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at
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(PA). In the same year, Werner started a private "Archive for Pennsylvania German Literature" in the Palatinate, Germany. In 1996, the newspaper ''Hiwwe wie Driwwe'' was founded by him in
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, Palatinate (Germany). Actually, it is being published bi-annually. Since 1998, he has been a member of the jury of the oldest Palatine Dialect Writers Contest in Bockenheim an der Weinstraße, Palatinate (Germany). In 2003, Michael Werner was one of the co-founders of the
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and the first president of the association (until 2010). Since 2008, Werner invites speakers of Pennsylvania German to give presentations about the language and culture in Germany. In 2013, "Hiwwe wie Driwwe" started a cooperation with the
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at
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(PA). The editorial office was moved to
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in 2015. In 2017, Werner donated his private archive of Pennsylvania German literature and folk life to the Mennonite Research Center at Weierhof (Palatinate, Germany), where it will be presented to the public as "Deutsch-Pennsylvanisches Archiv" (
German-Pennsylvanian Archive The German-Pennsylvanian Archive (Deutsch-Pennsylvanisches Archiv) is a collection of books, manuscripts, audio files, etc. about the Pennsylvania German language and culture. The archive is located in the Palatinate, Germany. It was founded in ...
). In 2020, he was one of the founders of Groundhog Lodge No. 19 in Bockenheim (Palatinate, Germany).


Works

* Werner, Michael (Ed.): Hiwwe wie Driwwe. The Pennsylvania German Review (Newspaper). Ebertsheim/Ober-Olm/Kutztown 1997-. * Werner, Michael: "Ebbes aus em alte Land". Newspaper Column. In: The Pennsylvania German Review (Kutztown, PA), 2001-2003. * Werner, Michael: "Ebbes in die Mudderschprooch". Newspaper Column. In: The Diary (Gordonville, PA), 2003-2005. * Werner, Michael: "S Katz Deitsch Schtick". Internet Blog. In: hiwwe-wie-driwwe.de. Ober-Olm 2002-. * Werner, Michael et al. (Ed.): Mit Pennsylvanisch-Deitsch darich's Yaahr. A Pennsylvania German Reader for Grandparents and Grandchildren. Neckarsteinach 2006. * Werner, Michael (Transl.): Es globbt beim Sammy in der Nacht (Children's Book). Neckarsteinach 2012. * Werner, Michael: "Der Uncle Saem findt uns gedrei" - A Multimedia Performance (Texts, Music, Pictures & Videos), presented by the "New Paltz Band". Ober-Olm/Frankenthal/Schifferstadt 2013-. * Werner, Michael (Transl.): Kumm, mer gehne Baere yaage (engl. Original:
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, by Michael Rosen). Neckarsteinach/Morgantown (PA) 2014. * Werner, Michael: Pennsylvanisch-Deitsch im Yahr 2015. A Hiwwe wie Driwwe Documentary. Published on youtube.com (30 minutes). * Werner, Michael (Ed.): DEITSCH. News und Geschichten aus dem Pennsylvania Dutch Country. A Hiwwe wie Driwwe Publication (E-Paper). Ober-Olm 2015-2017. * Werner, Michael / Louden, Mark / Sauer, Walter (Eds.): Die Erschte Dausend Wadde in Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch. Neckarsteinach 2018. * Werner, Michael: En neier Sound im neie Land - 32 New Songs in Pennsylvania Dutch. Ober-Olm 2019. * Werner, Michael: Hiwwe wie Driwwe - Der Pennsylvania ReiseVERführer. Neustadt an der Weinstraße 2021. * Werner, Michael / Donmoyer, Patrick (Eds.): 25 Yaahre Hiwwe wie Driwwe - Celebrating a Quarter Century of Transatlantic Friendship. Morgantown (PA) 2022.


Films

* Hiwwe wie Driwwe - Pfälzisch in Amerika (2018). Calimedia/Cinewa (Landau). - Expert advice and participation. * Die Rezeptsucherin: Pennsylvania (2018). SWR (Mainz). - Expert advice. * Hiwwe wie Driwwe - The Roots of the Pennsylvania Dutch (2019). Calimedia/Cinewa (Landau). * Driwwe im neie Land - Pfälzisch in Amerika (2020). SWR (Mainz). * Rumspringa (2022). Constantin Film (Munich). - Expert advice and language training of the actors (Pennsylvania Dutch).


Publishing


Awards and acknowledgements

* 1998: Member of the jury of the Palatine Dialect Writers Contest in Bockenheim (Palatinate, Germany) * 2007: "10th J. William Frey Lecturer", Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA) * 2012: "Medienpreis Pfalz", Bezirksverband Pfalz (short list) - for "Hiwwe wie Driwwe" * 2015: "Emichsburg-Preis", Förderkreis Mundart Bockenheim e.V. - together with Frank Kessler and Dr. Walter Sauer in place of the "German-Pennsylvanian Association" (Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis e.V.) * 2020: "Hermann Sinsheimer Plakette", City of Freinsheim (Palatinate, Germany) - for his services to the Palatine and Pennsylvania German literature


References

* Werner, Michael (Ed.): "Hiwwe wie Driwwe - The Pennsylvania German Review", Ober-Olm 1997-2015. * hiwwe-wie-driwwe.de: Retrieved on February 25, 2012 * Jennifer Trout: "One Possible Future of Pennsylvania German in the 21st Century - J. William Frey Lecture by Dr. Michael Werner, Ober-Olm, Germany. In: Journal of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies. Vol. 14, No. 3 (Summer 2007): 4-5.


External links


Literature written by Michael Werner - Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

Hiwwe wie Driwwe , Die Pennsylvanisch-Deitsch Zeiding

Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis e.V. , German-Pennsylvanian Association

Rheinland-Pfälzisches Literaturlexikon

New Paltz - The Hiwwe wie Driwwe Folkband
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