Bent Faurby (born 21 March 1937) is a Danish author and schoolteacher who has specialized in children's literature, writing both fiction and informative works covering a variety of subjects.

Biography

Born in Kolding, Faurby attended Silkeborg Seminarium (teacher training college) where he received his diploma in 1960. In 1962, he took up a teaching assignment in Upernavik in northwest Greenland which later led to two factual books about Greenland in 1996. Faurby got his first book published in 1976. His many reading books and easy readers for children and young people address everything from footballers to snakes. His work includes reader-friendly literature in the areas of history, geography and biology. Attractive Danish topics he has written about include

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, the

Øresund Link Øresund or Öresund (, ; da, Øresund ; sv, Öresund ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of ; its width ...

, pirates and sharks. Some of his books combine fact and fiction as in ''Toms rejse til Island'' (Tom's Trip to Iceland) which contains much information about volcanos and

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s. It is one of 12 in his popular Tom series, illustrated by his wife Irene Hedlund. Faurby, who received the ''Skriverpris for læservenligt forfatterskab'' (Award for Reader-Friendly Writing) in 1998, lives in

Højbjerg Højbjerg is a postal district of Aarhus, Denmark. Højbjerg originated as a coastal suburb to the south of Aarhus, but has now completely merged with the city. Højbjerg is located 5 km from the city centre and had a population of 22,000 ...

, a southern district of

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

. He is married to the Danish illustrator and children's writer

Irene Hedlund Irene Hedlund (born 8 March 1947) is a Danish book illustrator and children's writer. Since 1981 she has illustrated books by popular Danish authors such as Thøger Birkeland and Klaus Rifbjerg. In addition to writing and illustrating her own book ...

who has illustrated many of his books.

External links

Bent Faurby at Litteratursiden
with a list of his works.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faurby, Bent 1937 births Danish children's writers People from Aarhus People from Kolding Living people