Sigri Mitra Gaïni

Sigri Mitra Gaïni (Persian: سیگری میترا قائنی) (born 1975 in Oslo, Norway) is a Faroese poet, actress and school teacher.

Work

Gaini has published four collections of poems, written in Faroese. She represents the younger generation of female poets. In 2004 she won the Faroese Literature Prize in the category Fiction for her poem collection "2002 nætur" ("2002 Nights"). Four of her poems have been chosen for Faroese textbooks Les 2 and Les 3 (Read 2 and Read 3)^[1] used for teaching in the Faroese language in public schools.

In 2011 she received a two months wage, Starvsløn, from the Faroese government through the foundation Mentanargrunnurin.^[2] There were 98 Faroese artists who applied in 2011; 26 people got 1 to 4 months wage; five people got it from 6 months to one year. The longest period someone has got this kind of wage was for three years. It was given in 2010 to the composer Tróndur Bogason.^[3]

She played one of the main characters in Katrin Ottarsdóttir's Faroese/Danish movie Bye Bye Bluebird in 1999. The film won several awards i.e. a Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2000.^[4] The film was also nominated for the Norwegian Amanda Award but did not win it.^[5]

Bibliography

• 1997 Orð og andlit, Tórshavn: Forlagið Fannir, ISBN 99918-49-13-0
• 1998 Soflúgv - og øvugt, Tórshavn: Forlagið Fannir, ISBN 99918-49-21-1
• 2004 2002 nætur, Copenhagen: Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, ISBN 99918-43-46-9
• 2010 Vaknandi, Copenhagen: Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins^[6]

Filmography

• Bye Bye Bluebird (1999)^[7]
• Polle fiction (2002)^[8][9]

Awards and Prizes

2004 - she won the Faroese Literature Prize in the category fiction^[10]

Family relations

Sigri Gaini grew up in Norway and in the Faroe Islands, her mother is Faroese and her father comes from Iran. Her mother is Lív Joensen, who is the daughter of Sigurð Joensen (1911-1993), a Faroese politician and writer, and one of the founders of Tjóðveldi (The Republican Party). Her grandmother was Sigrið av Skarði, a well known Faroese journalist, teacher and feminist. She was the daughter of Símun av Skarði, who is most famous for writing the poem which now is the national hymn Tú alfagra land mítt (1906). One of Sigri's cousins is Sólrun Løkke Rasmussen, who is the wife of former prime minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Education

In 1995/96 she attended an 8-month long course at Filmhøjskolen in Ebeltoft, Denmark. After that she attended the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. She has also studied Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, but finally she finished an education as school teacher. She works as a school teacher in Tórshavn.^[11]

References

1. Snar.fo, Sigri M. Gaini (1975-)
2. "Játtaðar starvslønir 2010-2020 (Granst from 2010-2020)" (in Faroese). Mentanargrunnur Landsins. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
3. Poulsen, Kinna (27 January 2011). "Og stuðulin fór til.... (And the grant went to...)" (in Faroese). Listin. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
4. "Rotterdam International Film Festival - Awards for 2000". IMDb. 6 February 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
5. "THE AMANDA AWARD WINNING AND NOMINATED FILMS BEFORE 2000". Retrieved 5 October 2015.
6. MS.fo, Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, Yrkingar
7. "Hrokafullar, varnarlausar - FARVEL ÞRÖSTUR (BYE BYE BLUEBIRD)" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 19 March 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
8. "Polle Fiction" (in Danish). Gode danske film - Filmarkivet. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
9. Danskefilm.dk
10. "Orðingar 2000-2009 - Mentanarvirðislønir M. A. Jacobsens." (in Faroese). Býarbókasavnið (City Library of Tórshavn). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
11. "SIGRI M. GAINI" (in Faroese). Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins Fareose Publishing House in Copenghagen). Retrieved 5 October 2015.

External links

• Sigri Mitra Gaïni on IMDB.com