Renate Freund


Renate Freund is a German author of short stories and poetry.

Life and work

Renate Freund was born in 1939 in Neuwied as the second of five children. Being a qualified shorthand clerk, she started her career as a clerical assistant in the purchasing department of a medium-sized enterprise. After that she worked in the technical department of the hospital Marien-Klinikum in Rhineland-Palatinate until she retired. Based on her interest in literature she later developed a talent for literary writing, especially short stories and poetry. Her first book of twelve short detective stories titled Der letzte Tanz was published in August 2016 by Martin Werhand Verlag. In January 2017 her poems were published in the anthology Abendfrieden, 100 Gedichte. In the same year the same publisher issued her poetry book Himmelreich as part of the poetry series "50 sonnets". A third book of poetry, titled Sinnpuppe was published in January 2018 as part of the series "50 Gedichte".
Renate Freund lives and works in Niederbieber, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Publications (selection)

Books