Sólrún Michelsen
Sólrún Michelsen (born Midjord in Tórshavn on 11 March 1948), grew up in Argir and is a Faroese writer and poet. She received the Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs (Tórshavn Council's Children's Book Prize) in 2002 and the Faroese Literature Prize in 2008. In 2004 she was nominated for the West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize for the poem collection Loppugras.
Sólrún Michelsen
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- Name
- Sólrún Michelsen
- Born
- 11 March 1948
- Birthplace
- Tórshavn;Faroe Islands
- Occupation
- Poet
- Full name
- Sólrún Midjord.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Honours
- Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs · Faroese Literature Prize
- Languages
- Faroese · Danish
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Biography
Biography
In 2015 she was nominated for the Nordic Literature Prize for the novel Hinumegin er mars. She is married to the Faroese politician and business man Poul Michelsen, the leader of Framsókn (Progress).
Sólrún Michelsen is a Faroese writer.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Sólrún Michelsen • Born — 11 March 1948 • Birthplace — Tórshavn;Faroe Islands • Occupation — Poet • Genre — Children's Book, poetry • Notable Work — Loppugras • Language — Faroese
Documentary record
Sólrún Michelsen appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer (born 1948). The birth of Sólrún Michelsen is recorded in 1948.
Fantasy
Fantasy
• 1999 Hin útvaldi (fantasy) • 2002 Geislasteinar (fantasy)
Short stories
Short stories
• 1995 "Øðrvísi stuttsøga" - published in Birting • 2000 "Maya" (novella) - published in Birting • 2002 "Angi av deyða" - published in Birting • 2004 "Maðurin úr Grauballe" - published in Birting • 2006 "Summi renna í stuttum brókum" - published in Vencil 1 • 2007 "Gjøgnum skygnið" - published in Vencil 3 • 2009 "Hin blái eingilin" - published in Vencil 6 • 2011 Rottan (short story collection) • 2018 Morgunfrúa (short story collection) • 2021 "Olivin"- published in Varðin 2021 • 2022 "Sunnumorgun" published in Varðin 2022
Novels
Novels
• 2007 Tema við slankum • 2013 Hinumegin er mars • 2019 Ein táttur er silvur • 2020 Ein annar er gull • 2021 Fáur fær tráðin heilt slættan • 2021 Nornan spinnur (triologi) • 2023 Sára Malena
Poems
Poems
• 1998 "Mítt gamla land" - published in Birting • 2000 "Oyggjarnar" (Cantate) • 2003 "Við vindeygað" - Birting • 2009 "Kantatusálmur" -published in Vencil 7 • 2009 Í opnu hurðini (poetry collection) • 2016 Ein farri av fráferð (poetry collection)
In Danish translation
In Danish translation
• 2009 At danse med virkeligheden (translation by Kirsten brix of Tema við slankum) • 2017 På den anden side er marts (translation by Kirsten Brix of Hinumegin er mars) In Norwegian Translation • 2017 Sprinkeljenta (translation by Anne-Kari Skarðhamarof of At danse med virkeligheden) • 2017 På den andre sida er mars (translation by Lars Moa of Hinumegin er mars)
In English Translation
In English Translation
• 2011 "Some people run in shorts" (translation by Marita Thomsen of the short story "Summi renna í stuttum brókum"), published in Vencil Anthology of Contemporary Faroese Literature. • 2017 "Some people run in shorts" translation by Marita Thomsen in Anthology for contemporary Nordic Literature:THE DARK BLUE WINTER OVERCOAT • 2017 "Some people run in shorts" translation by Marita Thomsen in Boundless Literary Magazine on-line • 2014 "The Rat" (Translation of the short story "Rottan") published in Pankmagazine.com • 2018 "The Summer with Halla" (translation by Kerri Pierce of the short story "Summarið við Hallu")published in World Literature Today • 2018 "Starlings" (translation by Kerri Pierce of the short story "Starar," published in EUROPENOWJOURNAL.org • 2023 "On the other Side is March" (novel translated by Marita Thomsen from faroese "Hinumegin er mars"
In German Translation
In German Translation
• 2013 "Der blaue Engel" (German translation of the short story "Hin blái eingilin" published in the collection Mord unterm Nordlicht s. 85-88) • 2014 "Manche laufen in kurzen Hosen" (German translation of the short story "Summi renna í stuttum brókum," published in the collection Narrenflieger) • 2015 "Tanz auf den Klippen" (German translation of "Tema við slankum," translated by Inga Meincke) • 2018 "Die Liebe" (German translation of the short story "Kærleikin," translated by Karen Hertlein.) Published in Neue Nordische Novellen VI In Ethiopian (Amharic) Translation • 2024 Hinumegin er mars In Greece translation • 2025 Hinumegin er mars
Published in Mín jólabók and Vencil
• 1992 "Jól hjá Onnu og Jákupi" – Published in Mín jólabók (My Christmas Book) • 1997 "Emma" – Published in Mín jólabók • 1998 "Tann fyrsta flykran" and Eg kenni eina vættur - published in Mín jólabók • 1999 "Barnajól" and "Magga" - published in Mín jólabók • 2000 "Gásasteggin" and "Postboð" - published in Mín jólabók • 2001 "Fuglakongurin" and "Hinumegin vindeyga" - published in Mín jólabók • 2003 "Tann fyrsta flykran fall í dag" and "Ein dag eg lá á bønum" - published in Mín jólabók • 2005 "Sápubløðran" - published in Mín jólabók • 2006 "Summi renna í stuttum brókum" - published in Vencil 1 • 2007 "Jólagávan" - published in Mín jólabók
Honours
• 2002 Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs • 2004 Nominated West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize for Loppugras • 2008 Faroese Literature Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens) • 2015 Nominated the Nordic Council's Literature Prize
Literature for children and youth
• 1994 Argjafrensar - children's book, 146 pages • 1996 Útiløgukattar (youth novel), 123 pages • 2003 Loppugras (poems for children) • 2006 "Óvitar" - ghost story, published in a youth book about ghosts: Spøkilsið sum flenti (The laughing ghost) • 2013 Torkils Døtur (children's book) • 2025 "Sjókæti" (children´s book) (The White Ravens 2025)
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