Jóanes Nielsen

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Jóanes Nielsen (born April 5, 1953) 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 has been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the fourth time with his latest collection of poems, entitled Brúgvar av svongum orðum (Bridges of Hungry Words). One of his main influences is the writer William Heinesen. And he even features in some of his poems. But as a writer Nielsen is mainly associated with the political and often existential message that he delivers through his work. Winner of the Nordic Drama Award 2002 for Eitur nakað land week-end ?.