Marianna Debes Dahl

Marianna Debes Dahl (24 November 1947) is a Faroese writer, born 1947 in Vestmanna, grew up in Tórshavn. She was educated as a school teacher in 1975 and worked as a teacher for some years, but in recent years she has worked as a writer full-time; she has also been working with producing broadcasts for the Faroese radio, Kringvarp Føroya.[1] She was the president for the Association of Writers of the Faroe Islands from 1980 to 1981, she was the first woman to possess this post.[2] She was the first women who wrote an autobiography in Faroese, when she published Úti á leysum oyggjum (Out on loose islands) in 1997.[3]

Bibliography

She has been active writing in different genres, since her debut in 1975 she has been written books for small children, children, youth and adults, short stories, novels, travelogues, plays and translations, including material for the Faroese radio, Kringvarp Føroya, which she has translated and edited. Her first book was the children's book Burtur á heiði, which she wrote for a competition for children's books. Her book won the competition. In 1978 she received the Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs, which is a children's cultural prize of Tórshavn City Council, handed annually in September since 1976.

Novels

Autobiographies

Short stories

Children's books

Books for small children

Picture books

Books for teaching in the Faroese language for children

Travelogues

Plays

Translations

Translated and edited radio plays for Kringvarp Føroya's radio

Awards

References


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