Sverre Patursson

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Sverri Patursson as an older man.

Sverre Patursson , in today's Faroese also Sverri , (born September 22, 1871 in Kirkjubøur , Faroe Islands , † November 10, 1960 ibid) was a Faroese writer . He is considered the country's first prose author and dedicated himself particularly to ornithology .

Life

Sverre was born in 1871 on the famous royal farm in Kirkjubøur as the son of Poul Peder Pedersen (also called Páll Patursson, 1836-1893) and his wife Ellen Cathrine Djonesdatter (also called Elin Dalsgarð, 1840-1934). Like him, his older siblings Súsanna Helena and Jóannes were to become important personalities in the country.

After training in Denmark and Norway , he founded the Faroe Islands' first youth association , Sólarmagn , in 1895 . From 1898 to 1902 he published his own magazine, Fuglaframi . There he stood up as a specialist author in an outstanding way for the endangered Faroese bird world , for which he is still revered today. It is not least thanks to him that the annual arrival of the oyster fisherman ( Tjaldur ) on March 12th as Grækarismessa was established as a holiday. In January 1911 he married Agnes Lindemann in Kirkjubøur and then worked from 1911 to 1912 as an editor at Tingakrossur , the Sjálvstýrisflokkurin's party newspaper . Furthermore, Sverre Patursson translated Robinson Crusoe into Faroese in 1914 (last reprinted in 1990). In the rest of his life he traveled a lot and stayed for long periods in Norway, Sweden and Germany. He mainly worked as a journalist , his articles were also printed outside the Faroe Islands.

Of his short stories, "Íslandsferðin" (The trip to Iceland) and "Ábal" are probably the best known.

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Works

  • Fuglar and fólk . Øssur Patursson, Kirkjubøur 1968. (176 pages, Faroese. Birds and People )
  • Fram við Sugguni: søgur, greinir, røður and yrkingar . Emil Thomsen, Tórshavn 1971. (172 pages, Faroese. Stories, articles, speeches and poems )
  • Fuglaframi : 1898-1902 . Offset-prent, Emil Thomsen, Tórshavn 1972. (408 pages, complete reprint of all issues of the magazine)
  • Fra Færøernes næringsveie in tekst and billeder: med historisk oversigt . Sjóvinnubankin, Tórshavn 1982. (76 pages, Danish. On Faroese industries )
  • Ábal and aðrar søgur . Føroya skúlabókagrunnur, 2nd edition Tórshavn 2004. (45 pages, Faroese textbook, short stories)
    • German: Ernst Krenn (ed. and translator): Abal and the seagulls . Röth, Eisenach / Kassel 1957 ( The face of the peoples , North Germanic culture area)
    • Verena Stössinger, Anna Katharina Dömling (eds.): “Abal”. In: "I know about islands ..." Stories from the Faroe Islands . Unionsverlag, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-293-00366-4

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personal data
SURNAME Patursson, Sverre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patursson, Sverri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkjubøur , Faroe Islands
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1960
Place of death Kirkjubøur , Faroe Islands