Martin Werhand

Martin Werhand at the Frankfurt Book Fair (2015)

Martin Werhand (born May 13, 1968 in Neuwied am Rhein , Rhineland-Palatinate ) is a German publisher , editor and writer . In 1997 he founded Martin Werhand Verlag with a focus on contemporary and classic fiction . The headquarters of the publishing house is in Melsbach in Rhineland-Palatinate.

life and work

Martin Peter Werhand was born in 1968 as the son of the Neuwied blacksmith Klaus Rudolf Werhand . After graduating from the Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium Neuwied in 1988 , Werhand studied German (with Günter Blamberger , among others ), English (with Ansgar Nünning ) and theater, film and television studies (with Renate Möhrmann and Elmar Buck ) from 1992 to 1997 from the University of Cologne . While still studying in 1997, Werhand decided to found an independent literary publisher. As a publisher and editor of the Martin Werhand Verlag , between 1999 and 2002 he was responsible for the works of numerous young authors in the anthology series Junge Lyrik . Starting with the first volume in the series, including the volumes Junge Lyrik II and Junge Lyrik III , numerous readings in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia followed until 2003 . In 2006 he published the poetry anthology The Seasons of Love . In addition to anthologies, Werhand has also published various poetry and prose series since 2014. Martin Werhand lives and works in Melsbach, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Lyric projects

Since 1999, as a publisher, editor and author, Martin Werhand has supported and implemented numerous lyrical projects together with institutions, bookstores and publishers, including in 2003 on World Book Day in Münster , together with Thalia Holding , where he was the editor of the volume alongside six others Poets, including the authors Florian Cieslik , Patric Hemgesberg and Thomas Bruns , also appeared as an author at a reading on April 23. Likewise in 2006, when the Bremer Straßenbahn AG under the direction of Renato Mismetti and Joachim Tuz organized the Poetry Moved project with numerous authors from Martin Werhand Verlag. Martin Werhand was also represented there with a guest contribution as an author. In the years 2018 and 2019, the WDR used volumes from the Martin Werhand Klassiker publishing program 50 timeless poems for a contribution to the program: Lying down - rain ... and lying down - the joie de vivre in poetic and musical form.

As editor

Classic fiction (selection) Dream trip: 50 timeless poems, by Achim von Akerman 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-70-4 . Graunebel: 50 timeless poems, by Max Geißler 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-71-1 . Dance of Death: 50 timeless poems, by Franz Werfel 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-72-8 . Snow winter: 50 timeless poems, by Stefan Zweig 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-73-5 . Grave passage: 50 timeless poems, by Frida Schanz 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-74-2 . Dream face: 50 timeless poems, by Albrecht Haushofer 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-75-9 . Wegwarte: 50 timeless poems, by Isolde Kurz 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-85-8 . Daybreak: 50 timeless poems, by Gustav Falke 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-80-3 . Spirit flight: 50 timeless poems, by Martin Greif 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-78-0 . Evening silence: 50 timeless poems, by Frieda Jung 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-84-1 . Bach guide: 50 timeless poems, by Karl Mayer 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-93-3 . Close to Heaven: 50 Timeless Poems, by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-95-7 . Glockenklang: 50 timeless poems, by Wilhelm Raabe 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-87-2 . Weltherbst: 50 timeless poems, by Siegbert Stehmann 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-88-9 . Strikebreaker: 50 Timeless Poems, by Paul Zech 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-91-9 . Autumn picture: 50 timeless poems, by Johanna Ambrosius 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-76-6 . Summer morning: 50 timeless poems, by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-79-7 . Forest loneliness: 50 timeless poems, by Heinrich Heine 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-81-0 . Perlenfischer: 50 timeless poems, by Carl Sternheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-89-6 . Morgane: 50 Timeless Poems, by Theodor Storm 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-90-2 . Traumgewölk: 50 timeless poems, by Albin Zollinger 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-92-6 . Sounds of Homeland: 50 timeless poems, by Stine Andresen 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-94-0 . Herbstpark: 50 timeless poems, by Paul Boldt 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-009-2 . Ice Queen: 50 Timeless Poems, by Max Bruns 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-011-5 . Bergschloß: 50 timeless poems, by Johann Wolfgang Goethe 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-040-5 . Geistergruß: 50 timeless poems, by Gottfried Keller 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-040-5 . Forest legend: 50 timeless poems, by Karl Ernst Knodt 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-060-3 . Sensual intoxication: 50 timeless poems, by Else Lasker-Schüler 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-067-2 . Evening course: 50 timeless poems, by Detlev von Liliencron 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-071-9 . Traumburg: 50 timeless poems, by Oskar Loerke 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-073-3 . Götterwink: 50 timeless poems, by Eduard Mörike 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-079-5 . Early spring: 50 timeless poems, by Rainer Maria Rilke 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-085-6 . World puzzle: 50 timeless poems, by Georg Ruseler 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-97-1 . Creation: 50 timeless poems, by Hans Schiebelhuth 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-96-4 . Bergnebel: 50 timeless poems, by Gustav Schüler 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-099-3 . Autumn fog: 50 timeless poems, by Wilhelmine Countess Wickenburg-Almásy 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-116-7 . Evening song: 50 timeless poems, by Otto Julius Bierbaum 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-007-8 . Magic view: 50 timeless poems, by Joseph von Eichendorff 2018, ISBN 978-3-96175-025-2 . Review: 50 timeless poems, by Anton Wildgans 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-117-4 . Dünenhaus: 50 timeless poems, by Stefan George 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-039-9 . Consecration hour: 50 timeless poems, by Carl Spitteler 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-102-0 . Nebelbild: 50 timeless poems, by Paul Heyse 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-052-8 . Wanderlied: 50 timeless poems, by Rudolf Baumbach 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-005-4 . Waldasyl: 50 timeless poems, by Robert Hamerling 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-123-5 . Heidenglaube: 50 timeless poems, by Edgar Kurz 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-122-8 . Weltseele: 50 timeless poems, by Adolf Vögtlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-96175-112-9 .

Contemporary fiction (selection) Young poetry - 50 poets 1999, ISBN 3-9806390-1-0 (co-author) Also second, revised edition. Junge Lyrik II - 50 Poets 2000, ISBN 3-9806390-0-2 . Junge Lyrik III - 50 poets 2002, ISBN 3-9806390-3-7 . (Co-author) Also second, revised edition. The Seasons of Love - 36 poets 2006, ISBN 3-9806390-4-5 (co-author) Magical Worlds: 100 Poems, by Meinolf Finke , 2014, ISBN 978-3-943910-03-2 . Quintessence: 100 poems, by Thorsten Libotte , 2014, ISBN 978-3-943910-00-1 . Fellow Citizens: 100 Poems, by Thorsten Libotte 2014, ISBN 978-3-943910-01-8 . Transcript: 100 poems, by Thomas Wensing , 2014, ISBN 978-3-943910-06-3 . Anthrophobia: 100 poems, by Werner Moskopp 2014, ISBN 978-3-943910-09-4 . Yesterday's Tears: 100 Poems, by Tobias Seitz 2014, ISBN 978-3-943910-12-4 . Krsna Consciousness: Aphorisms, by Werner Moskopp 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-10-0 . Social isolation: 100 poems, by Frank Findeiß , 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-16-2 . Interlude: Short Stories, by Thomas Wensing 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-07-0 . Fog Day: 100 Poems, by Uwe Martens 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-14-8 . Zapping: 250 poems, by Thorsten Libotte 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-02-5 . Sun honey: 100 poems, by Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller , 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-20-9 . Flurry of Light: 100 Sonnets, by Meinolf Finke 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-04-9 . Big city summer: 100 poems, by Christian Jahl 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-13-1 . Stardust: 50 poems, by Thomas Bruns 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-21-6 . Blutonium: 100 poems, by Frank Findeiß 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-22-3 . Sand drops: 50 poems, by Vera Ludwig 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-25-4 . Autumn walk: 100 poems, by Christian Brune-Sieren 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-26-1 . Degravitation: 50 poems in German - 50 poems in English, by Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-23-0 . Dawn: 100 Poems, by Thomas Bruns 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-32-2 . Meditation: 50 poems, by Christof Schadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-30-8 . Fire dance: 50 poems, by Cindy Vogel 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-38-4 . Newspaper stand: 50 poems, by Christian Jahl 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-28-5 . Horizont: 100 Gedichte, by Vera Ludwig 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-31-5 . The Last Dance: Crime Short Stories, by Renate Freund 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-29-2 . Winter sun: 50 sonnets, by Meinolf Finke 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-34-6 . Nightmare: 50 Poems, by Frank Findeiß 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-43-8 . Weltwelke: 50 poems, by Uwe Martens 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-42-1 . Himmelreich: 50 sonnets, by Renate Freund 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-65-0 . Golden rain time: 50 sonnets, by Meinolf Finke 2017, ISBN 978-3-943910-59-9 . Sinnpuppe: 50 poems, by Renate Freund 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-58-2 . Marzipan skin: 50 poems, by Evelyne A. Adenauer 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-77-3 . Glass symphonies: 50 sonnets, by Renate Freund 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-61-2 . Kassiber: 50 poems, by Frank Findeiß 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-62-9 . Sun ears: 100 sonnets, by Renate Freund 2018, ISBN 978-3-943910-64-3 . Magic book: 150 poems, by Thomas Bruns 2019, ISBN 978-3-943910-46-9 . Hope of Light: 50 Sonnets, by Renate Freund 2019, ISBN 978-3-943910-49-0 . Autumn Day: 50 Poems, by Thomas Wensing, 2019, ISBN 978-3-943910-69-8 . Winter rest: 100 poems, by Renate Freund 2019, ISBN 978-3-943910-48-3 . Alpha addiction: 50 poems, by Frank Findeiß 2019, ISBN 978-3-943910-66-7 . Village idyll: 250 poems, by Renate Freund 2019, ISBN 978-3-943910-47-6 . Blossom harvest: 250 poems, by Meinolf Finke, 2019, ISBN 978-3-943910-37-7 .

literature

• Publishers' International ISBN Directory: 26th Edition of Publishers' International Directory with ISBN Index and the 20th Edition of the International ISBN Publishers' Directory. Geographical section: R-Z. Volume 2, International ISBN Agency KG Saur Verlag , 1999, p. 654.
• La construcción del “yo” femenino en la literatura, Biruté Ciplijauskaité, Universidad de Cádiz, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2004, p. 437.
• Patricia M. Mazón, Reinhild Steingröver (ed.): Not So Plain as Black and White: Afro-German Culture and History, 1890-2000. Boydell & Brewer , 2005, p. 231.
• Stephan Korayni (ed.): Poems for Christmas. Reclam-Verlag , 2009, pp. 235, 241, 245.
• Ina Nefzer (Ed.): Poems like butterflies. Thienemann Verlag , 2010, pp. 124–127.
• David Pfister, Monika Müller (Ed.): How much death can the team take ?: Stress and protective factors in hospice work and palliative medicine. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , 2014, p. 59.
• Dietrich Bode (Ed.): Italy. A journey in poetry. Reclam-Verlag, 2016, p. 125.
• Annette Riedel, Anne-Christin Linde (eds.): Ethical reflection in care: Concepts - Values ​​- Phenomena. Springer-Verlag , 2018, p. 134.

Web links

Commons : Martin Werhand  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website Martin Werhand Verlag
• Literature from Martin Werhand Verlag in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Martin Werhand in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Entry for Martin Werhand in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
• Martin Werhand Verlag at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016. In: catalog.services.book-fair.com. Frankfurt Book Fair , accessed January 15, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Werhand. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 1021.
2. ^ Martin Werhand Verlag. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter, 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 1203.
3. ↑ Entry on Klaus Rudolf Werhand in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on April 22, 2016 .
4. ^ WHG Alumni , homepage of the Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium Neuwied , accessed on April 21, 2018.
5. ↑ Portrait of the publisher Martin Werhand, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger No. 86; Wednesday, April 14, 1999 - 33 SRB, SLE, SWU HOCHSCHULE - Article "He trains himself to Schiller and Rilke - student supports young poets" by Ulrike Walden
6. ^ Publisher portrait Martin Werhand , buchreport magazine April 2001, issue 4, 32nd volume, ISSN  0176-8220 -K 5446, Harenberg Verlag , category Books & Authors - “Young poets draw hearts in the clouds” by Kirsten von Hagen, p 85-86.
7. ↑ Martin Werhand in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , July 23, 2004.
8. ↑ Junge Lyrik and Junge Lyrik II, publisher portrait Martin Werhand, Neuwieder Rundschau of August 9, 2000, week 32, 23rd year, edition 50.090, article "Emotions are timeless" by Frank Blum
9. ↑ Young lyricists read at the university, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger No. 164; Tuesday, July 18, 2000 - 13 articles - “Young poetry in the university” by Susanne Schanz
10. ↑ Poetry series. In: Martin Werhand Verlag. Book series
11. ↑ Martin Werhand Verlag - Publisher portrait in the exhibitor catalog: Frankfurter Buchmesse Catalog: 19.-23. October 2016, Frankfurt Book Fair: Flanders Guest of Honor / Netherlands = Directory / Organizer: Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH , 2016, ISBN 978-3-923352-90-6 , p. 478.
12. ↑ Martin Werhand in Westfälische Nachrichten , Gabriela M. Keller: Thundering drama and whispering conspiracies - seven lyric poets presented themselves to the audience , April 26, 2003.
13. ↑ Young poetry at Poertgen Herder Thalia Holding in Münster on World Book Day on April 23, 2003. In: Martin Werhand Verlag.
14. ↑ Poetry moves. Extraordinary cultural project of the Apollon Foundation in vehicles of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG), p. 7.
15. ↑ Martin Werhand. In: Poetry moves. of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG
16. ↑ Stay lying down - the joy of life . In: wdr1.de . WDR , April 22, 2019, accessed on July 12, 2019.