Arnold Dyck

Arnold (Abram Bernhard) Dyck (January 19, 1889 – July 10, 1970) was a Russian Mennonite writer born in Hochfeld, Ukraine. Dyck immigrated to Canada in 1923, residing in Steinbach, Manitoba where he purchased and edited the Steinbach Post. He is best known for his humorous 'Koop enn Bua' books, and his autobiographical novel 'Verloren in der Steppe (Lost in the Steppe)'. His books are among the first publications in the Mennonite dialect of Plautdietsch. He is an important figure in Mennonite literature, as his works are regarded as influential not only in establishing and recording Mennonite humour, but as establishing Plautdietsch as a written language.[1][2][3][4] In later years, he moved to Germany, where he died in 1970.

References
  1. "Arnold Dyck". GAMEO. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  2. "Arnold Dyck". INS. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  3. The Old World and the New:Literary Perspectives of German-speaking Canadians. University of Toronto Press. 1984.
  4. Leo Driedger (2000). Mennonites in the Global Village. University of Toronto Press.



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