Imogen Rhia Herrad facts for kids

Imogen Rhia Herrad is a talented German historian, writer, and translator. She also works as a broadcaster, sharing interesting stories on the radio. She was born in 1967 and has lived in different countries, including Germany, Wales, London, and Argentina.

She learned to speak Welsh, which is a language from Wales. She writes her stories and articles in both German and English. This shows she is very good with languages!

What Imogen Writes About

Imogen writes many different things. Her short stories and articles have been published in magazines and books in Wales, Canada, and the United States.

Radio Programs

For German public radio, Imogen has created programs about many interesting topics. These include:

• A medieval countess named Matilda of Canossa.
• The Mapuche people, who live in Patagonia.
• The cultural history of sheep, dragons, and apples.

Award-Winning Stories

Imogen's story The Accident was recognized in the Raymond Carver Short Story Awards. Her children’s story The Wind’s Bride won third prize in a competition in London.

Her novel, 'Caratacus' Daughter', tells a story set in ancient Britain and Rome. This book received a special grant from Literature Wales, an agency that helps promote Welsh literature.

Travel and History Books

In November 2012, her travel book "Beyond the Pampas: in Search of Patagonia" was published. It's about her adventures exploring Patagonia.

Imogen also studied ancient Rome. Her university paper about gender in ancient Rome won a prize from the University of Bonn in 2014. The paper was titled "Quis satis vir est?", which means "Who is man enough?".

Imogen's Current Work

Today, Imogen works as a translator and editor at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies. She is also working on her PhD, which is a very high university degree. Her PhD is about disobedience in public spaces in ancient Sparta. She also teaches ancient history at the University of Bonn.

Her Published Works

Here are some of the books and stories Imogen has contributed to:

• "Transgression und Devianz in der antiken Welt" (Co-edited with Lennart Gilhaus, Michael Meurer and Anja Pfeiffer) J.B. Metzler (2020) [1]
• "Beyond the Pampas: in Search of Patagonia" (Travel) Seren Books (2012) [2]
• "Rhiannon's Bird", short story in: Sing Sorrow Sorrow, Seren Books (2010) [3]
• "Without a Trace", short story in: Written in Blood, Honno (2009) [4]
• The Woman who loved an Octopus and other Saints' Tales (short stories) Seren Books 2007 [5]
• "Hortus Conclusus", short story in: Coming up Roses, Honno (2008) [6]
• "The Accident", short story in: Safe World Gone, Honno (2007) [7]
• "Ym Bhatagonia" (In Patagonia), travel writing in: Even the Rain is Different, Honno (2004) [8]
• "Bronwerdd", short story in: The Woman who loved Cucumbers, Honno (2002) [9]