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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
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.


Foundation

The Martin Werhand publishing house was founded in April 1997 by the German
philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...
, author and editor Martin Werhand. Martin is the son of Klaus Rudolf Werhand, a
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-born
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and art metal sculptor. The beginning history of the publishing house started with the
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and
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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Lyrik'', ''Junge Lyrik II'' and ''Junge Lyrik III'', in each of which 750 poems were included from 50 young, previously unpublished authors.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
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, Bonn or
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. In 2003, the Thalia bookstore organized via its parent company Poertgen Herder in
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on
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on 23 April a reading with the anthology series ''Junge Lyrik''. In 2006 the
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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
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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 (
Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf The Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf is a German literary award donated by the City of Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Prize for Literature in support of the City of Düsseldorf has been awarded since 1972 by ...
) 2005, the poet Patric Hemgesberg, musician and writer Christian Jahl, the Austrian-born theatre director and playwright Georgia Doll, 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, the Spanish-born actor
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who won the
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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 midfielder for club Heracles Almelo. Club career Heracles Almelo Born in Wierden, Bruns is a product of the local youth academy (Dutch source), which since ...
, the
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-writer Daniel Dölschner, poet and translator Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller, Daniela Frickel of the
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, the Slam Poetry artist Florian Cieslik, the writer Andrea Heuser (
Wolfgang-Weyrauch-Förderpreis The Wolfgang Weyrauch Advancement Prize is a literary prize in Hesse, Germany named for writer Wolfgang Weyrauch. Established in 1997, the prize is awarded to young writers for their encouragement and includes a stipend in the amount of €8,000. ...
) 2007, the playwright Peter Wayand, Werner Moskopp of the
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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
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in 2005.Axel-Springer-Preis
Simone Roßkamp in
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Publications (selection)


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