Arnold Dyck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arnold Dyck

writer

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1889

Place of Birth: Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1970

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.
His work is regarded as influential not only in establishing and recording Mennonite humour, but as establishing Plautdietsch as a written language.
In later years, he moved to Germany, where he died in 1970.