Faroese Writer
1. Jóanes Nielsen (1953)
Faroese Writer
Jóanes Nielsen is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. He has written both short stories plays and novels. He has now published seven collections of poetry and...
2. Jógvan Isaksen (1950)
Faroese Writer
Jógvan Isaksen is a Faroese writer and literary historian. He is best known for his crime novels and for his book about Faroese literature Færøsk Litteratur. He is leader of...
3. Samuel Jacob Sesanus Olsen (1904)
Faroese Writer
Samuel Jacob Sesanus Olsen commonly known as Jacob Olsen was a Faroese teacher writer and translator. He was deeply engaged in the local community and the Faroe Islands as a...
4. Jens Pauli Heinesen (1932)
Faroese Writer
Jens Pauli Heinesen was a Faroese writer. He was one of the most important novelists of the Faroe Islands. Four times he received the Faroese Literature Prize and one time...
5. Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (1946)
Faroese Writer
Bergtóra Hanusardóttir is a Faroese writer and an orthodontist. She has her own clinic in Tórshavn. She moved to live in Copenhagen in order to study to become a dentist.
6. William Heinesen (1900)
Faroese Writer
Andreas William Heinesen was a poet novel writer short story writer children's book writer composer and painter from the Faroe Islands.
7. Sólrún Michelsen (Unknow)
Faroese Writer
Sólrún Michelsen grew up in Argir is a Faroese writer and poet. She received the Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs in 2002 and the Faroese Literature Prize in 2008. In 2004 she...
8. Sissal Kampmann (1974)
Faroese Writer
Sissal Kampmann is a Faroese poet. After finishing the Faroese University-preparatory school in Tórshavn she moved to Denmark to study Nordic literature at the University of Copenhagen. She published her...
9. Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (1974)
Faroese Writer
Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs is a Faroese writer. She has won several short story competitions and in 2008 she was awarded by the City Council of Tórshavn with the Children's Book...
10. Heðin Brú (1901)
Faroese Writer
Heðin Brú was the penname of Hans Jacob Jacobsen a Faroese novelist and translator. Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generation and is...
11. Rakel Helmsdal (1966)
Faroese Writer
Rakel Helmsdal is a Faroese writer. For a 5-year peroid she lived in France where she wrote four of her books. She has been teaching in creative writing and drama....
