Martin Werhand
Martin Werhand (born May 13, 1968, in Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German publisher, editor and writer. 1997 he founded the publishing house Martin Werhand Verlag in Melsbach with focus on Fiction. Life and work. Martin Peter Werhand was born in 1968 as son of artisan blacksmith Klaus Rudolf Werhand. After attaining the in 1988 at Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium in Neuwied, Werhand studied in Cologne German language and literature studies between 1992 und 1997 (amongst other under ), English language and literature studies (under ) and theatre, film and media (under and ) at the University of Cologne. Whilst still studying , Werhand decided in 1997 to establish an independent literature publishing company. As publisher and editor he took care of the works of numerous young authors in the anthology series "Junge Lyrik" between 1999 and 2002. Starting with the first book of the series followed by "Junge Lyrik II" and "Junge Lyrik III", numerous readings took place in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. 2006 he published the poetry anthology "Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe". Since 2014 Werhand publishes apart from the anthologies also several series of poetry books. In 2016 the Martin Werhand Verlag presented some new book series at Frankfurt  Book Fair like or "50 Gedichte". Martin Werhand lives and works in Melsbach, Rhineland-Palatinate. Poetry projects (selection). Since 1999 Martin Werhand realised as a publisher, editor and author together with institutions, bookshops and other publishers numerous poetry projects, for example on World Book Day on April 23, 2003, in Münster together with the Thalia Holding, where he presented himself as editor of the book and also as author together with six other poets, among them Florian Cieslik, Patric Hemgesberg and Thomas Bruns. Also in 2006, as the Bremer Straßenbahn AG under the direction of Dr. Joachim Tuz, he organized  the project "Poesie Bewegt" (Poetry Moves) with many authors of Martin Werhand Verlag. Martin Werhand also contributed as an author