Gernot de Vries
Gernot de Vries (born October 26, 1925 in Völlenerfehn ; † February 21, 2012 in Aurich ) was a German Protestant pastor and Low German author .
Gernot de Vries was pastor in the parish Aurich-Kirchdorf. His anecdotally condensed Low German stories about the main character Lamke Pannkook in East Friesland became a popular folk book that shows snapshots of village life. He was also the author of the East Frisian dictionary: Low German / High German .
Works
- Lamke Pannkook un hear Lü: A body story. Verlag Schuster, Leer 1976, ISBN 978-3-7963-0206-0
- Dat groote plattdüütsche Leesbook , eds. Hartmut Cyriacks and Peter Nissen , authors: Hermann Bärthel , Hertha Borchert , Magreta Brandt , Hans-Hermann Briese , Waltrud Bruhn , Klaus Groth , Irmgard Harder , Hein Hoop , Harald Karolczak , Rudolf Kinau , Fritz Reuter , Alma Rogge , Diedrich Heinrich Schmidt , Gerd Spiekermann and Gernot de Vries, Quickborn-Verlag , Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-87651-195-X
- East Frisian Dictionary: Low German / High German - Oostfreesk Woordenbook: Hoogdütsk / Plattdütsk. Verlag Schuster, Leer 2000, ISBN 978-3-7963-0339-5
Honors
- 1982: Fritz Reuter Prize from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS
- 2000: Keerlke Prize (Oostfreeske Taal)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Hansen: Gernot de Vries on niederdeutsche-literatur.de
- ↑ Reinhard Goltz , Ulf-Thomas Lesle (ed.): Dat Land so free un wiet . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-455-40026-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vries, Gernot de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant pastor and Low German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Völlenerfehn |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 2012 |
| Place of death | Aurich |