Birth:
1st March 1920 (Monday), Langham, Saskatchewan
Death:
20th June 2009 (Saturday), Kelowna
Age at death:
89
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Info from Wikipedia:
Reuben Epp was an author of works in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German). His parents were Russian Mennonites who emigrated from Russia to Canada, where Epp was born. Epp was educated as a mechanic and became an instructor at a vocational school for mechanics. Later he became the director of a vocational school in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Epp died in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. In the far-flung global community of Russian Mennonites, Epp is one of the best known poets and story tellers working in Plautdietsch, alongside such others as Arnold Dyck and Jack Thiessen. His accomplish…
Names of Reuben Epp:
- Ruben Ap (Low German name)
- Epp, Reuben

Works authored by Reuben Epp
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🎶Biem Aunsiedle: When the settlers came; plautdietsche Jeschichte enn Resse ut’e Vergangenheit. R.E.C. Recordings, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1972
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📖Plautdietsche Schreftsteckja: Jedichta, Jeschichte, Leeda, Spelkjes = Low-German writings. Derksen, Steinbach, Manitoba 1972
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🎶Onse Lied Vetahle: Stories our people tell; plautdietsche Jeschichte enn Riemsels; Low german stories and verse. R.E.C. Recordings, Winnipeg (Manitoba) 1973
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📖The Story of Low German and Plautdietsch: Tracing a Language Across the Globe. The Reader’s Press, Hillsboro, Kan. 1993, ISBN 0-9638494-0-9
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📖The Spelling of Low German & Plautdietsch: Towards An Official Plautdietsch Orthography. The Reader’s Press, Hillsboro, Kan. 1996
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📖Dit un jant opp Plautdietsch: This and that in Mennonite Low German. 1. ed., The Reader’s Press, Hillsboro, Kan. 1997, ISBN 0-9638494-2-5
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💿Dit un Jant opp Plautdietsch: [17 Texte von Reuben Epp]. Detmold [2006]