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]
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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
- Lokkalogi, Forlagið Fannir, 1984
- Onglalag, 1986
- Faldalín 1988
- Vívil 1992
Autobiographies
- Úti á leysum oyggjum, 1997
Short stories
- Millumleikur, 1978
- Fløkjan, 1978
- Lepar, 1980
- Síðsta skúlaárið, 1980
Children's books
- Burtur á heiði, 1975
- Dirdri, 1979
- Skilnaður, 1981
Books for small children
- Bjarta og snigilin, 1983
- Døgg er dottin, 1984
- Hanna og Hóri, 1984
- Hóri letur upp, 1986
- Sturli súkklar, 1985
- Alvi er og ferðast, 1986
- Tunnuflakin, 1990
Picture books
- Sonurin, 1990 (La Filo in Esperanto)
Books for teaching in the Faroese language for children
- Ása fer í skúla, 1983
Travelogues
- Latið altíð sólina skína, 1982
Plays
- Skálatoftir, 1979 (written together with J.S. Hansen)
- Bardagabørn, 1990
Translations
- Uppreisnin, 1982, stories from South Africa
Translated and edited radio plays for Kringvarp Føroya's radio
- Victor (about the singer Jara from Chile)
- Monir (from Iran)
- Chico Mendes (from Brazil)
- Miriam Makeba (from South Africa)
- Menn undir sól (from Palestine)
- Zosia (stories from the Soviet Union from the World War II)
- Tað langa brævið (from Senegal)
- Edith Piaf (from France)
Awards
References
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