Marianna Debes Dahl (born 24 November 1947) is a Faroese writer. She was born in 1947 in

Vestmanna Vestmanna is a town in the Faroe Islands on the west of the island of Streymoy. It was formerly a ferry port, until an undersea tunnel, the Vágatunnilin, was built from Vágar to Kvívík and Stykkið further south on Streymoy. The cliffs w ...

and grew up 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 ...

. She trained as a school teacher in 1975 and worked in that capacity for some years, but now is a full-time writer; she has also prepared broadcasting material for Faroese radio (

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 ...

). She was the president for the Association of Writers of the Faroe Islands from 1980 to 1981, being the first woman to hold this post. She was also the first woman to write an autobiography in Faroese, which she published as ''Úti á leysum oyggjum'' (Out on loose islands) in 1997.Kvinfo.dk
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Bibliography

She has cultivated a number of different genres. Since her debut in 1975 she has written books for small children, children, youth and adults, short stories, novels, travelogues, plays and translations, including ''Kringvarp Føroya'', which she translated, edited and prepared for Faroese radio. Her first book was the children's book ''Burtur á heiði'', which she wrote for a competition and won. In 1978 she received the Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs, a cultural prize of Tórshavn City Council bestowed for material written for children and awarded annually in September since 1976.

Novels

*Lokkalogi, Forlagið Fannir, 1984 *Onglalag, 1986 *Faldalín, 1988 *Vívil, 1992

Autobiographies

*Úti á leysum oyggjum, 1997

Short stories

*Millumleikur, 1978 *Fløkjan, 1978 *Lepar, 1980 *Síðsta skúlaárið, 1980

Children's books

*Burtur á heiði, 1975 *Dirdri, 1979 *Skilnaður, 1981

Books for small children

*Bjarta og snigilin, 1983 *Døgg er dottin, 1984 *Hanna og Hóri, 1984 *Hóri letur upp, 1986 *Sturli súkklar, 1985 *Alvi er og ferðast, 1986 *Tunnuflakin, 1990

Picture books

*Sonurin, 1990 (La Filo in Esperanto)

Books for teaching in the Faroese language for children

*Ása fer í skúla, 1983

Travelogues

*Latið altíð sólina skína, 1982

Plays

*Skálatoftir, 1979 (written together with J.S. Hansen) *Bardagabørn, 1990

Translations

*Uppreisnin, 1982, stories from South Africa

Translated and edited radio plays for Kringvarp Føroya's radio

*Victor (about the singer Jara from

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) *Monir (from

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) *Chico Mendes (from

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

) *Miriam Makeba (from South Africa) *Menn undir sól (from Palestine) *Zosia (stories from the

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from the

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) *Tað langa brævið (from

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

) *Edith Piaf (from France)

Awards

*1978 — Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs

References

1947 births Living people Faroese children's writers Faroese short story writers Faroese women writers Faroese women novelists Faroese Children's Literature Prize recipients People from Tórshavn Danish women short story writers Faroese women children's writers {{faroes-bio-stub