Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (born 1974) is a Faroese poet, playwright and novelist. She is the author of fourteen works in different genres. Among these are her three collections of poems: "Karmageitin," (2022) ''Rót Tripp'' (2012) and ''Opna'' (2016). Her two stage plays "Gentukamarið" (2022) and "Tóm Rúm" (2014) both premiered on the Faroese national scene. In 2016 the play "Tóm rúm" was chosen to be a part of the Nordic Drama Train. Her novel ''Skriva í sandin'' is a contemporary book for young adults, taking place in Kjelnæs's hometown of

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 ...

. She wrote lyrics and cooperated with singer Eivør Pálsdóttir and

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on the musical composition ''At the Heart of a Selkie." (2016) Lyrics for Eivør include among others: Verð mín, Salt, Slør, Mánasegl, Gullspunnin, Stirdur saknur, The Swing. Recent work includes the novel ''Óendaliga vera'', published in 2016, and the script for the film ''Dreams by the sea'', directed by

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and released in 2017. In 2020 she published the contemporary novel ''Sum rótskot'', which is a novel for young adults. It is about four young people from Tórshavn, who are environmental activists. They arrange a School strike for climate in front of the Faroese parliament, Løgtingið. The story is told by the two girls Fríða and Miriam. They take the matter into their own hands, but it has unforeseen consequences. Kjelnæs has been nominated for and has received both national and international awards, and some of her work has been translated into the other Nordic languages, as well as into

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Bibliography

*2000 ''Russiskur dansur'', short story in the anthology ''Russiskur dansur'' *2001 ''Kópakona,'' short story in the anthology ''Mjørki í heilum'' *2002 ''Trongd,'' radio drama *2004 ''Ein farri av kolvetni'', collection of short stories **2006 ''Die Kette (Ketan)'' in German translation in the short story anthology ''Von Inseln weiss ich…,'' published by Unionsverlag *2006 ''Tað svarta portrið,'' short story published in ''Mín jólabók'' *2007 ''Og tú fert rennandi'', poem, published in the Faroese magazine Vencil Vol. 2 *2007 ''Hvør fjalir seg í postkassanum,'' children's book, published by BFL *2008 ''Hvør fjalir seg í ferðataskuni,'' children's book, published by BFL *2009 ''Hvør fjalir seg í smúkkuskríninum,'' children's book, published by BFL *2010 ''Skriva í sandin'', YA novel, published by Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags **2010 ''Skriva í sandin'' published in the Nordic short story anthology ''Elskar - elskar ikki'' **2012 ''Ecrire dans le sable'' (Skriva í sandin) in French translation in the short story anthology ''Nouvelles Pays Nordiques'', which means ''Short Stories from the Nordic Countries''. **2012 ''Skriv i sandet'', in Danish translation by Hugin Eide, Torgard (Publishing House) **2014 ''Skriv i sanden'', in Norwegian translation by Lars Moa, Samlaget **2015 ''Skrifa i sandinn'', in Icelandic translation, Bókaormurin *2012 ''Eg undrist'', ''At týða týdningin'', ''Allar línur spennast'', ''Vit hava hits áður''. Poems published in the Faroese literature magazine Vencil, vol. 11 *2012 ''Rót Trip'' - poems, Sprotin. **2014 Root Trip, in English translation by Marita Thomsen **2015 Rot Trip, in Norwegian translation by Lars Moa, Bokbyen forlag *2014 ''Tóm rúm'' (Empty rooms), play, Sprotin, 978-99972-1-041-8 The play opened in February 2014 in Tórshavn on Tjóðpallur Føroya. *2016 ''At the heart of a Selkie'', CD, poems written for musical work by Eivør Pálsdóttir and composer Peter Jensen. *2016 ''Opna'' - poems, Sprotin *2016 ''Óendaliga vera'', novel, Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags *2017 ''Dreams by the sea''. Film, directed by

*2020 ''Sum rótskot'', YA novel, Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags 2022 "Karmageitin" poems. Ungu Føroyar 2022 "Gentukamarið" play. Ungu Føroyar

Recognition

*2000 Award in Dimmalætting short story competition *2001 Listastevna Føroya, 2. prize *2002 Listastevna Føroya, 1. prize *2004 Grant from the Faroese fond Grunnur Thorvalds Poulsen av Steinum *2008 Barnabókaheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs *2008 Award in a YA short story competition *2011 White Raven Deutsche Jugendbibliothek for her book ''Skriva í sandin'' *2011

Nordic Children's Book Prize The Nordic Children's Book Prize (Danish: Nordisk Skolebibliotekarforenings Børnebogspris also called Nordisk Børnebogspris) is a children's literary prize which was established in 1985 by the Nordic Association of School Librarians (Nordisk Skole ...

from the Nordic School Librarian Association for her book ''Skriva í sandin''EMU.dk
Nordisk Skolebibliotekarforening, Nordisk Børnebogspris 2011, Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs Færøerne *2012

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''(nominated)'' *2013 Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize ''(nominated)'' *2015 Tann føroyska bókhandlaravirðislønin (The Faroese Book Shop Award) * 2017 FMA, The Faroese Music Award for best lyrics. 2020 Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar Býráðs 2021 Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize ''(nominated)'

References

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