Armin Wiebe
Armin Wiebe | |
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Born | Altona, Manitoba | June 17, 1948
Occupation | novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Manitoba University of Winnipeg |
Period | 1980s–present |
Notable works | The Salvation of Yasch Siemens, Tatsea |
Website | |
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Armin Wiebe (born 17 June 1948) is a Canadian writer from
Career
Beginning with
His novel Tatsea is a work of historic fiction, which diverges significantly from his Mennonite writing, and depicts the
Wiebe has also written plays and short stories about Mennonites and has published a collection of short stories entitled "Armin's Shorts'. His stage play The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz premiered to sold-out houses at Theatre Projects Manitoba in April 2011.[5] 'Wine and Little Breads' received an Honourable Mention in the 2019 Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition sponsored by Queen's University's Dan School of Drama and Music.
Personal
Wiebe is of
Bibliography
- The Salvation of Yasch Siemens (1984)
- The Salvation of Yasch Siemens 35th Anniversary Turnstone Selects Edition (2019)
- Murder in Gutenthal (1991)
- Second Coming of Yeeat Shpanst (1995)
- Tatsea (2003)
- The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (2011)
- Armin's Shorts (2015)
- Grandmother, Laughing (2017)
References
- ^ "Mennonites not funny?". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Loewen, Harry (1990). "Literature, North American Mennonite (1950–1985)". The Mennonite Encyclopedia. Vol. 5.
- ^ Al Reimer (1990). "Dialect Literature and Speech, Low German". The Mennonite Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Tatsea". Journal of Mennonite Studies. 2005.
- ^ "Home is where the art is". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 22, 2021.