Turið Sigurðardóttir (born 12 August 1946) is a Faroese educator, writer and translator, specializing in the history of Faroese literature. She lives in

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and teaches at the

University of the Faroe Islands The University of the Faroe Islands ( fo, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya) is a state-run university located in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. It consists of five faculties: Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature, Faculty of Social Sc ...

Biography

Born in Copenhagen, Sigurðardóttir is the daughter of Sigrið av Skarði, a feminist journalist and academic, and of Sigurð Joensen, a lawyer who campaigned for the independence of the

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. She graduated in Icelandic language and literature at the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' s ...

in Reykjavik and has a master's degree in literature from

Copenhagen University The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia after Uppsala Unive ...

. At the University of the Faroe Islands, she taught literature and translation and conducted research into the history of Faroese literature, including children's literature and poetry. She retired in 2017. She contributes to various academic bodies such as the Faroese Language Board and is a member of the jury for the

Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

. From 1989 to 1991, she served as president of the Association of Writers of the Faroe Islands. Sigurðardóttir has published books and articles on Faroese authors and the literary history of the Faroe Islands as well as an Icelandic manual in Faroese. She has collaborated in editing a Norwegian anthology of Faroese short stories. She has also translated books into Faroese from Icelandic, Swedish and English, including works by Halldór Laxness and Astrid Lindgren and had the academic advice of the first ever Faroese/German anthology “From

Janus Djurhuus Jens Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus, called Janus Djurhuus, (26 February 1881, Tórshavn – 1 September 1948, Tórshavn) was the first modern Faroese poet. He and his younger brother Hans Andreas Djurhuus, also a poet, are called the ''Áarstova'' ...

to Tóroddur Poulsen – Faroese Poetry during 100 Years” in 2007. One of her most extensive publications is the complete works of the Faroese author Símun av Skarði in seven volumes. Turið Sigurðardóttir has managed the publishing hous
Ungu Føroyar
since the 1990s, established by her mother, Sigrið av Skarði Joensen, in 1949. She continues to publish books in Faroese, both translated and original ones. Her focus has been books for children and youth.

Awards

In 2013, Turið Sigurðardóttir was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize for non-fiction literature.

Selected works

*2011: (in collaboration with

Malan Marnersdóttir Malan Marnersdóttir (born January 25, 1952) is a Faroese academic and non-fiction writer. Biography The daughter of Doctor Marner Andreas Simonsen and Anna Kristina Godtfred, she was born in Klaksvík and grew up in various places in the Faroe Is ...

) ''Føroysk bókmentasøga'' (History of Faroese Literature), vol. I, 689 pages, NÁM, Tórshavn *2004: ''Bókmentasøgur. Greinasavn'', Føroya Fróðskaparfelag (collection of articles on Faroese literature) *1998: ''Hugtøk í bókmentafrøði'', Sprotin *1994: ''Sigert'', Ungu Føroyar *1987: ''Lærið íslendskt 1. Mállæra'', Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur (Icelandic manual and grammar) *1987: ''Lærið íslendskt 2. Tekstir og orðasavn'', Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur (Icelandic manual, texts and vocabulary) *1987: ''Lærið íslendskt Ljóðband'', Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, (Icelandic manual: audio cassettes)

References

Faroese writers Faroese women writers Living people 1946 births Writers from Copenhagen People from Tórshavn Linguists from the Faroe Islands {{faroes-bio-stub