Imogen Rhia Herrad

Imogen Rhia Herrad is a German writer and broadcaster. She was born in 1967 and brought up in Germany and has also lived in Wales (where she learnt Welsh) and in Argentina. She divides her time between London and Berlin, and writes in German and English.

Her short stories and articles in English have been published in magazines and anthologies in Wales, Canada and the US. [ [http://www.webdelsol.com/InPosse/fall06/IPR_Herrad.htm Poetry and Prose from In Posse Review ] ] Her programmes for German public radio (in German) include pieces about the Queen of Sheba, Morgan le Fay, Zora Neale Hurston, [ [http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/wissen/-/id=660374/nid=660374/did=1635526/1ivcoup/index.html SWR2 Wissen: "Fußspur im Staub" - SWR2 | SWR.de ] ] the Mapuche people of Patagonia, [ [http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/wissen/-/id=660374/nid=660374/did=1637442/hjqqcy/index.html SWR2 Wissen: Volk der Erde - SWR2 | SWR.de ] ] [ [http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/menschenundlandschaften/536213/ Deutschlandradio Kultur - Menschen und Landschaften - Maisbier für die Mutter Erde ] ] and the cultural histories of sheep, dragons and the apple, respectively.

Imogen’s story "The Accident" has been longlisted for the Raymond Carver Short Story Awards. Her children’s story "The Wind’s Bride" won third prize in the London Writers’ Competition. Her current projects include a crime novel set in London and Wales, and a narrative of her travels in Y Wladfa, the Welsh settlements in Patagonia.

Works

*"The Woman who loved an Octopus and other Saints' Tales" (short stories) Seren Books (Wales) 2007 [http://www.seren-books.com/public/products.cfm?&subItemId=2043]
*"The Accident", short story in : "Safe World Gone", Honno (2007) [ [http://www.honno.co.uk/dangos.php?ISBN=1870206770 Safe World Gone Edited by Patricia Duncker; Janet Thomas, Published by Honno ] ]
*"Ym Mhatagonia" (In Patagonia), travel writing in: "Even the Rain is Different", Honno (2004) [ [http://www.honno.co.uk/dangos.php?ISBN=1870206630 Even the Rain is Different Edited by Gwyneth Tyson Roberts, Published by Honno ] ]
*"Bronwerdd", short story in: "The Woman who loved Cucumbers", Honno (2002) [ [http://www.honno.co.uk/dangos.php?ISBN=1870206495 The Woman Who Loved Cucumbers Edited by Patricia Duncker, Janet Thomas, Published by Honno ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.herrad.net/ Imogen Herrad website]