Karsten Hoydal

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Karsten Hoydal

Karsten Hoydal (born March 28, 1912 in Hoydalar , Tórshavn , Faroe Islands , † April 4, 1990 in Hoyvík ) was a Faroese writer and politician ( Tjóðveldisflokkurin ).

Life

Karsten Hoydal was the son of Dánjal Hoydal, born Joensen from Sandur and Ata, born Magnussen from Kvívík . He was married to Marie Louise, geb. Falk-Rønne. Together they had the son Egil, the daughter Annika and the twins Gunnar and Kjartan. Well-known grandchildren are Høgni (son of Kjartan) and Dánial (son of Gunnar).

Hoydal was an agronomist and fisherman in Klaksvík . 1954–1957 he worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Manta , Ecuador . He was a friend of Pablo Neruda and his translator into the Faroese language . Hoydal was an honorary member of the Brazilian writers' association Uniao Brasileiro de Escritores .

Hoydal made his debut in 1946 and then wrote three collections of poetry. He also wrote the prose volume Leikapettið (The Pottery Shard ) in 1971, from which the short story Vaktarmaðurin (The Watchman) appeared in German in 2006. In 1961 and 1988 he received the Faroe Islands Literature Prize . He was also the editor of the literary magazine Varðin .

As a politician, Hoydal was one of the founders of Tjóðveldisflokkurin, the republican party that seeks to separate the Faroe Islands from Denmark. As a minister he belonged to the state government of the Faroe Islands from 1963 to 1967 and as a member of the Løgting from 1966 to 1970 .

Works

  • 1946 - Myrkrið reyða (poems)
  • 1951 - Syngjandi grót (poems)
  • 1960 - Vatnið og ljósið (Poems, Faroese Literature Prize 1961)
  • 1971 - Leikapettið (short stories)
    • from: 2006 - "The watchman (Vaktarmaðurin)" in: "I know about islands ..." Stories from the Faroe Islands (translated by Inga Meincke)
  • 1972 - Teinur og tal (poems)
  • 1979 - Frændarøddir (translated poems)
  • 1980 - Heðin, Marjun og tjøldrini (children's book)
  • 1982 - Sólarkringur (translated poems, Faroese Literature Prize 1988)
  • 1986 - Suð í grasi (translated poems, Faroese Literature Prize 1988)

In important anthologies

  • 1972 - Færøske graduated 1900–72 , Copenhagen (ed. PM Pedersen)
  • 1981 - Rocky Shores , Paisley (ed.G. Johnston)
  • 2006 - "I know about islands ..." Stories from the Faroe Islands (ed. Verena Stössinger and Anna Katharina Dömling / Unionsverlag) ( review in the Süddeutsche Zeitung )
  • 2007 - From Djurhuus to Poulsen - Faroese poetry from 100 years , Leipzig (ed. Paul Alfred Kleinert )

Secondary literature

  • Bergur Hansen: Bundin av undursjónum. Myndir og lívsfatan í yrkingunnum hjá Karsten Hoydal við serligum atliti til elementfilosofiina hjá Gaston Bachelard . 1999. 308 p.
  • Jógvan Isaksen : Verden består af modsætninger: Karsten Hoydals forfatterskab . In: Færøsk litteratur , 1993, (Faroese literary history by the same author)
  • W. Glyn Jones: Livets lys and mørke - Karsten Hoydals forfatterskab . In: Nordisk tidskrift för vetenskap, konst och industri , LVIII, 1982, p. 207-21.

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personal data
SURNAME Hoydal, Karsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese writer and politician (Tjóðveldisflokkurin)
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Hoydalar , Tórshavn , Faroe Islands
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1990
Place of death Hoyvík