Heðin M. Klein

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Heðin Magni Kristin Suni Klein (born February 28, 1950 in Tórshavn ) is a Faroese teacher, poet and translator, as well as a former politician of the socialist-separatist party Tjóðveldi .

Life

Although he was born in 1950 in the Faroese capital, Heðin M. Klein grew up in his parents' hometown, the village of Gjógv on the island of Eysturoy . When he was 15, he went back to Tórshavn, where he attended the secondary school in Hoydalar from 1965 to 1967 and was trained at the teachers' college (Føroya Læraraskúli) from 1967 to 1972 .

Teacher

After completing the teacher training college in the Faroese capital, he worked as a teacher at the school in Sandur from 1972 to 1983 , and from 1983 to 1998 and again since 2004 at the Eysturskúlin in Torshavn. From 1998 to 2004 he was managing director of the Faroese school book publisher (Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur) .

Politician

At the age of 24 he was elected to Løgting in 1974 as a representative of Sandoy , of which he was a member until 1980. From 1979 to 1981 Heðin M. Klein was Minister for Fisheries and Municipalities in Atli Dam's third government .

author

Hedin M. Klein has written numerous volumes of poetry since the late 1960s , some of which have been translated into several languages. He has also translated authors from other languages ​​into Faroese, including works by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää , Olav H. Hauge , Paul Celan and Gunnar Gunnarsson . From 1994 to 1997 and from 2006 to 2007 he was chairman of the Faroese Writers' Union (Rithøvundafelag Føroya) .

Hedin M. Klein was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize twice for his literary work . The first time in 1985 and the second time in 2016 for his 58-page poetry "Tað orðið".

Works (selection)

  • Væmingar og vaggandi gjálv , collection of poems, Næmingafelag Føroya Læraraskúla, 1969
  • Strandvarp , poems, self-published, 1983
  • Ljóðsins Ljóð , poems, self-published, 1985
  • Veggjagrøs , Poems, Fannir Publishing House, 1994
  • Móti tøgnini , own poems and translations by Olav H. Hauge, Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 2004
  • Vatnskorpur fyri tøgnina , own poems and translations by Paul Celan, 2012
  • Afturljóð , selected poems from 1969 to 2014, Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 2014
  • Tað orðið , multi-part seal, Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 2015
  • Orð av øðrum , collection of texts and poems between 1974 and 2015, Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 2016

family

Heðin M. Klein is the son of Leivur Klein (1916–1965) and his wife Hanna geb. Kristiansen (1919–2005), both from Gjógv. He is married to Malan Matras Joensen from Klaksvík . The couple have a daughter and live in Tórshavn.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heðin M. Klein fekk virðisløn fyri fagrar bókmentir , sandportal.fo, October 21, 2016
  2. ↑ Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit, bind 2 (2002), page 310. (PDF) . logting.fo. Archived from the original on September 27, 2006. (in Faroese)
  3. ↑ Føroya løgmenn og Landsstýri Sidan 1948 (Government members since 1948) . tinganes.fo. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. (in Faroese)
  4. ↑ Hesi hava fingið mentanarvirðisløn MA Jacobsens , torshavn.fo
  5. ↑ Mentanarvirðisløn MAJacobsens í ár og síðani 1958 , oyggjatidindi.com
  6. ↑ Heðin M. Klein fekk MA Jacobsens virðisløn fyri Tað orðið ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , portal.fo, October 20, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / portal.fo
  7. ↑ Tað orðið , bokhandil.fo
personal data
SURNAME Klein, Heðin M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein, Heðin Magni Kristin Suni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese teacher, poet and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Tórshavn