Oddvør Johansen

Oddvør Johansen (born 30 October 1941 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese writer and organ player in Tórshavn Cathedral. She writes novels, short stories and children's books. She has received the Faroese Literature Prize two times: in 1983 and 2002. In 1988 she was awarded with Tórshavn City Council's Children's Book Prize (Barnabókavirðisløn Tórshavnar Býráðs). In 2001 her novel Í morgin er aftur ein dagur was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.^[1]

Bibliography

• 1982 – Lívsins summar (novel, Faroese Literature Prize, 1983)
  • 1985 – Danish: Livets sommer
  • 1985 – Swedish: Livets sommar
• 1983 – Hundalív í Grindavági (children's book)
• 1988 – Skip í eygsjón (children's book, illustrated by Olivur við Neyst, Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs in 1988)
• 1990 – Bella Katrina (short story)
• 1993 – Ein mamma er ein mamma (novel)
• 1995 – Á káta horninum (short story)
• 1998 – Í morgin er aftur ein dagur (novel, nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2001)
  • I morgen er der atter en dag (translated by Ebba Hentze). The book has not been published in Danish yet.
• 2001 – Tá ið eg havi málað summarhúsið (novel, Faroese Literature Prize, 2002)^[2]
• 2004 – Sebastians hús (novel)
  • 2005 – Icelandic: Sebastianshús
• 2006 – Úr køksvindeyganum (essays and short stories)
• 2015 - Svanarnir syngja (short stories, essays and memoirs)^[3]

Recognition

• 1983 Faroese Literature Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens) for her novel Lívsins Summar.
• 1988 Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs for her children's book Skip í eygsjón
• 2001 Nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for her novel Í morgin er aftur ein dagur
• 2002 Faroese Literature Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens) for her novel Tá ið eg havi málað summarhúsið.

References

Eksternal links

• Bokasolan.fo (in Faroese)
• About Oddvør Johansen on litteraturpriser.dk (in Danish)
• Sagenhaftes-island.is, Fenster zu den Färöer-Inseln, Ehrengast der Frankfurter Buchmesse Some Faroese writers were special guests at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2011, including Oddvør Johansen (in German)