Turið Sigurðardóttir (born 12 August 1946) is a Faroese educator, writer and translator, specializing in the history of Faroese literature. She lives in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of th ...

and teaches at the University of the Faroe Islands.

Biography

Born in Copenhagen, Sigurðardóttir is the daughter of Sigrið av Skarði, a feminist journalist and academic, and of

Sigurð Joensen Jóhan Hendrik Sigurð Joensen (April 27, 1911 – October 1, 1993) was a Faroe Islanders, Faroese lawyer, author, and politician for the Faroese Republic (Faroe Islands), Republican Party (). Joensen was born in Gjógv.Joensen, Sofus et al. 1986 ...

, a lawyer who campaigned for the independence of the

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. She graduated in Icelandic language and literature at the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern co ...

in Reykjavik and has a master's degree in literature from Copenhagen University. At the University of the Faroe Islands, she taught literature and translation and conducted research into the history of Faroese literature, including children's literature and poetry. She retired in 2017. She contributes to various academic bodies such as the Faroese Language Board and is a member of the jury for the

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. From 1989 to 1991, she served as president of the Association of Writers of the Faroe Islands. Sigurðardóttir has published books and articles on Faroese authors and the literary history of the Faroe Islands as well as an Icelandic manual in Faroese. She has collaborated in editing a Norwegian anthology of Faroese short stories. She has also translated books into Faroese from Icelandic, Swedish and English, including works by

Halldór Laxness Halldór Kiljan Laxness (; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and sh ...

and

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...

and had the academic advice of the first ever Faroese/German anthology “From

Janus Djurhuus Jens Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus, called Janus Djurhuus, (26 February 1881, Tórshavn – 1 September 1948, Tórshavn) was the first modern Faroe Islands, Faroese poet. He and his younger brother Hans Andreas Djurhuus, also a poet, are called the ...

to Tóroddur Poulsen – Faroese Poetry during 100 Years” in 2007. One of her most extensive publications is the complete works of the Faroese author Símun av Skarði in seven volumes. Turið Sigurðardóttir has managed the publishing hous
Ungu Føroyar
since the 1990s, established by her mother, Sigrið av Skarði Joensen, in 1949. She continues to publish books in Faroese, both translated and original ones. Her focus has been books for children and youth.

Awards

In 2013, Turið Sigurðardóttir was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize for non-fiction literature.

Selected works

*2011: (in collaboration with Malan Marnersdóttir) ''Føroysk bókmentasøga'' (History of Faroese Literature), vol. I, 689 pages, NÁM, Tórshavn *2004: ''Bókmentasøgur. Greinasavn'', Føroya Fróðskaparfelag (collection of articles on Faroese literature) *1998: ''Hugtøk í bókmentafrøði'', Sprotin *1994: ''Sigert'', Ungu Føroyar *1987: ''Lærið íslendskt 1. Mállæra'', Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur (Icelandic manual and grammar) *1987: ''Lærið íslendskt 2. Tekstir og orðasavn'', Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur (Icelandic manual, texts and vocabulary) *1987: ''Lærið íslendskt Ljóðband'', Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, (Icelandic manual: audio cassettes)

References

Faroese writers Faroese women writers Living people 1946 births Writers from Copenhagen People from Tórshavn Linguists from the Faroe Islands {{faroes-bio-stub