Armin Wiebe | |
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| Born | June 17, 1948 Altona, Manitoba |
| Occupation | novelist, playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba University of Winnipeg |
| Period | 1980s–present |
| Notable works | The Salvation of Yasch Siemens, Tatsea |
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Armin Wiebe (born 17 June 1948) is a Canadian writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, best known for his humorous novels about Mennonites.[1] Wiebe is regarded as one of the pioneers of humorous Mennonite writing in English and is known for his incorporation of Plautdietsch words within his English texts.[2][3]
- ^ "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.