Poul F. Joensen

District á Hamri in Froðba : In the red house Poul F. lived with his wife since 1919 until his death. Faroese postage stamp from 2004

Poul Frederik Joensen (born on 18th November 1898 in Sumba , Faroe Islands , died on 27. June 1970 in Froðba ; in the Faroe Islands also Pól F. Joensen , but mostly Poul F. Joensen ) was a Faroese teacher and poet who mainly stood out for his disrespectful satires .

biography

Early years

The bust of Poul F. Joensen, unveiled in Sumba in January 2007.

Poul was born on November 18, 1898 in the southernmost town of the Faroe Islands, Sumba, as the son of Daniel Jacob Joensen í Hørg and Anna Sofia, b. Langaard was born. Both parents came from the place. Poul was the oldest of nine siblings.

As a 14-year-old, like many of his friends, he first went to sea and got to Iceland on a fishing ship. When he then wanted to hire Robert Miller on the fishing ship , his parents were against it and instead sent him to the Faroese Teachers' School in Tórshavn . This decision of the parents should prove to be foresighted, because the Robert Miller later went down with man and mouse and there were no survivors.

Poul F. finished his training as a teacher in 1917 and initially went back to Sumba. From 1917 to 1919 he taught here for two years as a teacher at the Leiti school located between Lopra and Akrar . In 1919 he moved to Froðba, to the north of his home island Suðuroy , where he married Julia Mortensen in 1923 and taught there as a teacher until 1927. However, he could not cope with the life of a teacher and therefore preferred to work and write as a simple man on his small farm.

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In 1924 he published his first collection of poems Gaman og álvara (Fun and Serious), which was published by Richard Long in the Varðin publishing house . After Yrkingar by Janus Djurhuus from 1914, it is the second collection of poems in the Faroese language.

In his satirical work, Joensen does not mince his words, which for many of his contemporaries goes a little too far . He wields his sword over all kinds of authorities and especially the bigotry of some clergymen. No cornerstone of society is safe from his ridicule. For his love poems, in turn, he experiences undivided appreciation in the country. He also does a great job in Faroese literature for the preservation of the old kvæði ( Faroese ballads ) in the 20th century by writing them down himself.

In 1963, Pól F. Joensen was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize for his life's work to date . Long after his death it is recited and set to music again and again, for example by Eivør Pálsdóttir on her debut album in 2000.

Commemoration

Memorial stone for Poul F. Joensen in Froðba.

On January 19, 2007, a bust in honor of Joensen was unveiled in the school of Sumba, which the Italian sculptor Giovanni Francesco Nunne made from plaster.

In June 2007 a memorial stone ( Minnissteinur ) was erected in Froðba near his house . The stone itself comes from Sumba , the place where Poul F. was born and grew up.

progeny

Poul F. Joensen is the grandfather of the Faroese politician Kristin Michelsen , who has been mayor of Tvøroyri municipality since 2001 and has been a member of the Faroese Social Democrats in Løgting since 2011 . Kristin Michelsen lives in Froðba like his grandfather.

Works

Some of Poul F. Joensen's poems have been translated into Danish , Swedish , German and English . His monographs have so far only appeared in Faroese :

• 1924 Gaman og álvara (Tórshavn, 1924 - 48 pp. - collection of poems)
• 1942 Millum heims og heljar (5th edition: Tórshavn: Einars Prent, 1985 - 126 pp. - volume of poetry)
• 1955 Lívsins kvæði (2nd edition: Tórshavn: Einars Prent, 1975 - 85 p. - volume of poetry)
• 1963 Seggjasøgur úr Sumba (2nd edition: Tórshavn: Einars Prent, 1986 - 151 pages - story)
• 1967 Ramar risti hann rúnirnar (2nd edition: Tórshavn: Einars Prent, 1988 - 119 pp. - volume of poetry)

Web links

• RIT.fo - Poul F. Joensen
• Eitt satt fólkaskald , Dimmalætting , Nov. 14, 1998. Several newspaper articles about Poul F. on the occasion of his 100th birthday. (in Faroese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tað gleðir meg at Poul F. livir í tykkara hugaheimi , Sosialurin of October 17, 1998, infomedia.dk
2. ↑ Poul F. Joensen (1898-1970) ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , sumba.skysite.dk (short autobiography) 
3. ↑ Poul F. Joensen (1898-1970) ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , sumba.skysite.dk (short autobiography) 
4. ↑ Poul F. Farin , Tingakrossur, July 3, 1970, infomedia.dk
5. ↑ Article of June 30, 1970 , Dimmalætting , infomedia.dk
6. ↑ Samfelagsrevsarin farin , Sosialurin of July 1, 1970, infomedia.dk
7. ↑ [snar.fo/tema/skaldskapur-og-midlar/rithoevundar/j/joensen-poul-f/ Pól F. Joensen (1898-1970)], snar.fo (short biography)
8. ↑ Minnissteinur yvir Poul F avdúkaður. ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2014 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. , Lions Suduroy