Sigri Mitra Gaïni (

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: سیگری میترا قائنی; born 1975 in

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) is a Faroese poet, actress and school teacher.

Work

Gaïni has published four collections of poems, written in Faroese. She represents the younger generation of female poets. In 2004 she 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 includ ...

in the category ''Fiction'' for her poem collection "2002 nætur" ("2002 Nights"). Four of her poems have been chosen for Faroese textbooks ''Les 2'' and ''Les 3'' (''Read 2'' and ''Read 3'') used for teaching in the Faroese language in public schools. In 2011 she received two months' wages, Starvsløn, from the Faroese government through the foundation Mentanargrunnurin. There were 98 Faroese artists who applied in 2011; 26 people got 1 to 4 months wage; five people got it from 6 months to one year. The longest period someone has got this kind of wage was for three years. It was given in 2010 to the composer Tróndur Bogason. She played one of the main characters in

Katrin Ottarsdóttir Katrin Ottarsdóttir (born 1957) is a Faroese movie director and author. Biography Katrin Ottarsdóttir was born in Tórshavn. While growing up in the Faroes, she did not have television available to her, but enjoyed cinema. She went to Denmark ...

's Faroese/Danish movie '' Bye Bye Bluebird'' in 1999. The film won several awards, e.g. a Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2000. The film was also nominated for the Norwegian Amanda Award but did not win it.

Bibliography

*1997 ''Orð og andlit'',

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: Forlagið Fannir, *1998 ''Soflúgv - og øvugt'',

: Forlagið Fannir, *2004 ''2002 nætur'',

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: Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, *2010 ''Vaknandi'',

: Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins

Filmography

*'' Bye Bye Bluebird'' (1999) *''Polle fiction'' (2002)Danskefilm.dk
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Awards and Prizes

2004 - won the

in the category fiction

Family relations

Sigri Gaïni grew up in Norway and in the

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. Her mother is Faroese and her father comes from

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. Her mother is Lív Joensen, who is the daughter of

Sigurð Joensen Jóhan Hendrik Sigurð Joensen (April 27, 1911 – October 1, 1993) was a Faroe Islanders, Faroese lawyer, author, and politician for the Faroese Republic (Faroe Islands), Republican Party ( fo, Tjóðveldisflokkurin). Joensen was born in Gjógv. ...

(1911-1993), a Faroese politician and writer, and one of the founders of Tjóðveldi (The Republican Party). Her grandmother was Sigrið av Skarði, a well-known Faroese journalist, teacher and feminist. She was the daughter of Símun av Skarði, who is most famous for writing the poem which now is the national hymn '' Tú alfagra land mítt'' (1906). One of Sigri's cousins is Sólrun Løkke Rasmussen, who is the wife of the prime minister of Denmark,

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Education

In 1995/96 she attended an 8-month long course at ''Filmhøjskolen'' in

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. After that she attended the

Academy of Live and Recorded Arts The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) was a British drama school. It had two sites: ALRA South on Wandsworth Common in south London and ALRA North in Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was founded in 1979 by director and actor Sorrel Carson w ...

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. She also studied Philosophy at the

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, but finished by training as a school teacher, and now works in that capacity in

References

External links

Sigri Mitra Gaïni on IMDB.com
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