Reuben Epp
Reuben Epp (* 1920 in Canada ; † June 20, 2009 ) is a Plautdietscher author who last lived in Kelowna ( British Columbia ) . His parents were Mennonites immigrated from Russia . After training as a mechanic, Epp became a vocational school teacher and later director of a technical school in Dawson Creek (also British Columbia). Among the Russian mennonites scattered around the world, Reuben Epp is, alongside Arnold Dyck and Jack Thiessen, the best-known poet and narrator in the Plautdietian language. His publications on Plautdiet's language history and orthography are among his special achievements. Reuben Epp is called "Ruben Ap" in Plautdietsch.
Publications
- Biem Aunsiedle: When the settlers came; plautdietsche Jechichte een Resse ut'e past (Winnipeg, Canada 1972)
- Plautdietsche Schreftsteckja: Jedichta, Jeschichte, Leeda, Spelkjes (Steinbach, Manitoba 1972)
- Onse Lied Vetahle [sound carrier]: Stories our people tell; plautdietsche Jeschichte enn Riemsels (Winnipeg, Canada 1973)
- The Story of Low German and Plautdietsch: Tracing a Language Across the Globe (Hillsboro, USA 1993) ISBN 0-9638494-0-9
- The Spelling of Low German & Plautdietsch: Towards An Official Plautdietsch Orthography (Hillsboro, USA 1996) ISBN 0-9638494-1-7
- Dit un jant opp Plautdietsch: This and that in Mennonite Low German (Hillsboro, USA 1997) ISBN 0-9638494-2-5
- Dit un Jant opp Plautdietsch [CD, 17 texts by Reuben Epp, live recording, reading on October 7, 2000 in Lage / Lippe, Germany], ed. by Plautdietsch-Freunde eV (Detmold 2006)
Web links
- Reuben Epp in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
- CD review by Harry Loewen from Plautdietsch-L and Der Bote
- Plautdietsch Friends eV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Epp, Reuben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ap, Ruben (plautdietsch) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | plautdietscher author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 2009 |