Kristian Osvald Viderø (27 May 1906 – 8 April 1991) was a Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator. In 1985 he won the
Faroese Literature Prize
The Faroese Literature Prize, also known as the Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens (M. A. Jacobsen's Cultural Award), is a prize for Faroese literature that was begun by the Tórshavnar kommuna (Tórshavn City Council) in 1958. Its winners inclu ...
for his works.
Biography
Viderø was born in
Skálavík. After theological studies in Denmark, he oversaw the completion of a translation of the
Old Testament
The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...
into the
Faroese language
Faroese ( ; ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of whom 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere.
It is one of five languages descended from Old Norse#Old West ...
, which
Jákup Dahl had worked on until his death in 1944. He was the parish priest of
Hattarvík from 1965 to 1969. He died in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
.
Viderø was commemorated on a Faroese postage stamp in a series on Faroese Bible translators in June 2007.
Bibliography
* Ferð mín til Jorsala. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1984.
* Á Suðurlandið. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1990.
* Ferð mín til Jorsala á himni. Tórshavn:: E. Thomsen, 1990.
* Á annað Suðurlandið: ferð mín til Jorsala Oman av himni. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1990.
* Frá landi á fyrsta sinni. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1991.
* Saga Skálavíkar, Húsavíkar, Skarvanesar, Dals, Skúoyar, Dímunar, Sands, Skopunar, Hestoyar, Kolturs Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1991.
* Saga Suðuroyar. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1994.
* Saga Vágoyar og Mykiness. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1994.
* Saga Eysturoyar. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1994.
* Ferð mín til Damaskusar. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1997.
See also
*
List of Faroese people
References
External links
The Bible in Faroeseas translated by Dahl and Viderø
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1906 births
1991 deaths
People from Skálavík Municipality
Faroese Lutheran clergy
Faroese male novelists
Translators to Faroese
Faroese male poets
Faroese-language poets
Lutheran poets
Translators of the Bible into Faroese
20th-century translators
20th-century Danish novelists
20th-century Faroese poets
20th-century Danish male writers