Richard Herrmann (journalist)

Richard Herrmann is a Norwegian journalist, born in Larvik 11 September 1919. Herrmann was employed by Reuters newsagency in London, UK from 1952 to 1964. From 1961 he was the editor for Reuters UK operation. From 1964 to 1977 he was employed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) as their correspondent in London. He later worked in Norway and was charged with developing the new radio channel NRK P2 in the early 1980s. He has written numerous books on Britain and the British, published in several languages.

Bibliography

* 1967 Over til London (Over to London)
* 1968 Paradisveien (Paradise road)
* 1970 Bak den svarte døren (Behind the black door)
* 1972 Under Big Ben ()
* 1976 Da ballen ble rund (When the ball became round)
* 1976 Kvinner for freden (Women for the peace)
* 1983 Mine gleders by (The city of my joys)
* 1985 Seks skudd ved stengetid (Six shots at closingtime)
* 1986 Livet med Elisabeth (Life with Elisabeth)
* 1987 Victoria: en dronning for sin tid (Victoria: a queen for her time)
* 1988 Maria Stuart ()
* 1990 Gammel krone for ny tid (Old throne for new times)
* 1991 En dikter fra Stratford (A writer from Stratford)
* 1992 Med skjebnen i hånden (With destiny in their hands)
* 1993 Fotballen: Den alvorlige leken (Football: The serious game)

Honours

*MBE, Honorary Membership of the order of the British Empire [NRK Voices from the archive]
* 1967 The Narvesen prize on litterature
* 1969 The Booksellers prize
* 1974 The radiolisteners prize of honour
* 1983 The Cappelen prize
* 1988 The conservative language unions prize of litterature

Sources

*NRK.no stemmer fra arkivet(Voices from the archive)
*Article in "Aftenposten" "Jeg tok verdenshiostorien i hånden"(I shook hands with world history) 11 November 2000.

References

* [http://www.nrk.no/programmer/stemmer_fra_arkivet/stemmer_fra_nrk/2789808.html NRK Voices from the archive]
* [http://tux1.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/d173829.htm I shook hands with world history]
* [http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_gull/1.1108030 NRK announcing Maria Stuart]
* [http://www.larvik.folkebibl.no/forf/herrmann.html Larvik Library on local authors]
* [http://www.lydbokforlaget.no/katalog/boker/dokumentar/079.html Lydbokforlaget offering "Mine gleders by"]