Publication
Since 1997, the publication is distributed twice a year. More than 100 Pennsylvania German authors—members of Lutheran and UCC churches as well as Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites—have already contributed pieces of prose, poems and newspaper articles. The founder and publisher is Michael Werner ( Ober-Olm, Germany), who also served as president of theEditors
The publication was founded in 1996. Since 2013, an editorial team is responsible for the whole publishing process. * Donmoyer, Patrick (* 1985 / USA): Folk culture specialist, site manager at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center (Kutztown University), board member of Groundhog Lodge No. 1. * Esther, Naomi (USA)(* 1990 / USA): Co-Worker at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center (Kutztown University) * Madenford, Douglas (* 1980 / USA): High school teacher (High German), youtuber, blogger, author, musician. * Quinter, Edward (* 1950 / USA): High school teacher (High German), author, co-organizer of the "Pennsylvania German Writing Festival" at the Kutztown Folk Festival. * Richardson, Amanda (* 1987 / USA): Co-Worker at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center (Kutztown University). * Werner, Michael (* 1965 / Germany): Publisher, journalist, author, translator, musician. Founder of theWebsite
The website was started in January 2002 and features various Pennsylvania German programs.Winners of the Award
The award is given by the jury of the Palatine Dialect Poets Contest in Bockenheim. (Palatinate, Germany).Books
''Hiwwe wie Driwwe''s Featured Artist of the Year
Hiwwe wie Driwwe Palatinate Tour
Starting in 2008, in collaboration with the Emigration Museum in Oberalben (Auswanderermuseum Oberalben), Hiwwe wie Driwwe organized an annual lecture, reading or concert in October under the title ''German-Pennsylvanian History(s)''. Starting in 2010, this developed in the ''Hiwwe wie Driwwe Palatinate Tour'', in which the featured guest(s) go on a four-day tour, performing in Ober-Olm (at the Old Town Hall), Oberalben (at the Emigration Museum), Bockenheim (at the Palatinate Dialect Poetry Competition), and ending with German-Pennsylvanian Day (organized by the German-Pennsylvanian Working Group Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis), which changes location each year. To date, the guests from the USA and Germany have been:Hiwwe wie Driwwe Pennsylvania Tour
Since 2019 there has also been a “Pennsylvania Tour”, which takes artists from Germany on a concert or reading tour to Pennsylvania – and to the Kutztown Folk Festival. To date, the featured guests have been:Scientific reception
David L Valuska & William Donner, Kutztown University (2004): "This journal and an associated internet site are leading sources for information about the Pennsylvania German language." Patrick Donmoyer, Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University (2012): „Hiwwe wie Driwwe is the most widely-known dialect publication in the world for Pennsylvania German / Palatine German dialect, with a strong readership throughout the US, Canada and Europe." C. Richard Beam, Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at Millersville University (2014): "Hiwwe wie Driwwe has succeeded in establishing a bridge between the Old and the New World and it has succeeded in the preservation of the Pennsylvania German dialect and culture." Sheily Rohrer, Penn State University (2017): "Started as a newspaper by Michael Werner in Ebertsheim, Germany, Hiwwe wie Driwwe on the internet and in print has mediated a transnational conversation of dialect writers with one another." Claire Noble, Colorado (2018): "In 1890, there were more than 1,000 German-language newspapers in America. Today, only a handful remains, such as Hiwwe wie Driwwe, the last remaining German newspaper in Pennsylvania."Claire Noble: https://www.vaildaily.com/opinion/noble-we-are-a-country-of-immigrants-so-why-are-we-afraid-to-embrace-spanish-speakers-column/References
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