Michael Werner (publisher)

Michael Werner (born 1965) is the publisher of the only existing Pennsylvania German newspaper, Hiwwe wie Driwwe. In 1993, he started a private Archive for Pennsylvania German Literature in the Palatinate, Germany. Since 1997, the newspaper Hiwwe wie Driwwe is being published bi-annually. Since 2013, "Hiwwe wie Driwwe" cooperates officially with Kutztown University (PA). In 2003, Michael Werner, who has a doctorate degree in linguistics, was one of the co-founders of the German-Pennsylvanian Association and the first president of the association (until 2010). Since 1998, he is a member of the jury of the oldest Palatine Dialect Writers Contest in Bockenheim an der Weinstraße, Palatinate (Germany). He lives in Ober-Olm in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Works

• Werner, Michael (Ed.): Hiwwe wie Driwwe. The Pennsylvania German Review (Newspaper). 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. 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 (Trans.): Kumm, mer gehne Baere yaage (engl. Original: We're going on a bear hunt, by Michael Rosen). In: Hiwwe wie Driwwe No. 1/2013.

References

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