Jóanes Nielsen

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Jóanes Sekjær Nielsen (born April 5, 1953 in Tórshavn ) is a Faroese writer and communist .

Jóanes was born in 1953 as the son of Svend Sekjær Nielsen and Marjun Nielsen. He attended the Catholic Skt. Frants School in Tórshavn and then worked as a seaman. He is married to Rannvá Mortensen and has two daughters. Most of the time he lived in Tórshavn, but also in Tvøroyri , Iceland, Denmark and Sweden.

Nielsen's literary role model is William Heinesen . His literature is socially critical and engaged, at the same time entertaining and funny.

In 1984 he received the Faroe Islands Literature Prize for Pinnabrenni til sosialismuna and in 2012 for Brahmadellarnir (novel). In 2002 he received the Nordic Dramatist Award for Eitur nakað land week-end? . No other Faroese has been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize as often , but never received it: in 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2004.

Works

  • 1978 - Trettandi mánaðin (collection of poems)
  • 1984 - Pinnabrenni til sosialismuna (collection of poems)
  • 1985 - Tjøraðu plankarnir stevna inn í dreymin (collection of poems)
  • 1986 - Á landamørkum vaksa blomstur (short stories)
    • from 2006 - "Der Proviantmeister ( Hovmeistarin )" in: "I know about islands ..." Stories from the Faroe Islands (translated by Inga Meincke, edited by Verena Stössinger and Anna Katharina Dömling / Unionsverlag) ( review in the Süddeutsche Zeitung )
  • 1987 - Naglar í jarðarinnar hús (collection of poems)
  • 1991 - Gummistivlarnir eru tær einastu tempulsúlurnar sum vit eiga í Føroyum (novel)
  • 1993 - Kirkjurnar á havsins botni (collection of poems)
  • 1994 - Undergroundting (essays)
  • 1999 - Undergroundting 2 (essays)
  • 2002 - Eitur nakað land week-end? (Play)
  • 2002 - Brúgvar av svongum orðum (collection of poems)
  • 2005 - Glansbílætasamlararnir (novel)
  • 2007 - Tey eru, sum taka mánalýsi í álvara (collection of poems)
  • 2010 - Eftir undrið (acting)
  • 2011 - Brahmadellarnir (Roman) German: "The memories". Translated from the Danish edition “Brahmadellerne” (2012) by Ulrich Sonnenberg, btb Verlag, Munich 2016. ISBN 978-3-442-75433-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Jóanes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nielsen, Jóanes Sekjær (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5th 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Tórshavn