Michael Werner (publisher)
Michael Werner (* 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. In 2003, Michael Werner 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.
References
- Werner, Michael (Ed.): "Hiwwe wie Driwwe - The Pennsylvania German Review", Ober-Olm 1997-2012.
- 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
- Hiwwe wie Driwwe | Die Pennsylvanisch-Deitsch Zeiding
- Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis e.V. | German-Pennsylvanian Association
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