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Høgni Mohr (born in
Tórshavn
Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), 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 the city lies the ...
8 October 1968) is a
Faroese author and journalist. His book ''Fractura Nasi'' was the best selling book in 2017 throughout the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
. ''Fractura Nasi'' was translated into Danish 2019 by Kirsten Brix and published b
Amanda Books Danish title
Rejse for livet The novel was sold to movie production in 2018.
Career
Mohr has worked for newspapers in the Faroes and has been published in Danish and Icelandic national newspapers. He spent several years working as a radio and TV reporter with Faroese national broadcaster
Kringvarp Føroya
Kringvarp Føroya (KvF) (English: ''Broadcasting Service of the Faroe Islands'') is the national public broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands. It was founded on 1 January 2005 after a merger of the national radio and television networks, Útv ...
. He has also worked for the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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and
Al Jazeera
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and has hosted nature programmes for
Vice Media
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, as well as being a correspondent to the
Huffington Post.
His literary works are published in Faroese and Danish.
Bibliography
*
OCLC 475920953*
OCLC 762372543 Documentary book about the lifelong journey from birth to death at the national hospital in the Faroe Islands.
*
OCLC 1012884471A narrative and poetic non-fiction road trip story. Faroe Islands best selling book in 2017. Danish translation
Rejse for livet(2019).
* With illustrations by
Astrid Andreasen.
*Mohr, Høgni (2019)
mær dámar ikki høgna hoydal(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. .
*Mohr, Høgni (2020)
Tað tómliga tolsemið(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag.
*Mohr, Høgni (2021)
Grøðandi greinir(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880563
*Mohr, Høgni (2022)
Saga JAM(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880570
Awards, nominations etc.
* 2012 – 6-months grant from the
Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)
* 2014 – Nominated for the
Faroese national short film award
Geytin for the short film, "Fall for Ewe".
* 2019 – 6-months grant from the
Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)
* 2019 – 6-months grant from the
Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)
* 2019 – Art grant from the
Åland
Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a populat ...
Cultural Committee for a art stay at the historic
Eckerö_Mail_and_Customs_House
References
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1968 births
Living people
Faroese writers