Bárður Oskarsson (born 18 July 1972 in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), 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 th ...

) is a Faroese children's writer, illustrator and artist, who has won several literary awards. His books have been translated into Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, French, German and Czech.

Biography

He started to draw when he was a child and got some of his drawings published in the Faroese children's magazine Barnablaðið. The first book he illustrated was his grandfather's (Oskar Hermannsson's) children's book "Undir tussafjøllum". After illustrating other authors' books for some years, he published his own book, where he was both writer and illustrator, in 2004. This was the children's book "Ein hundur ein ketta og ein mús" (A dog, a cat and a mouse), which was later published in French (2006), Icelandic (2007), Danish (2008) and Norwegian (2013). Oskarsson has received Faroese, Nordic and German awards for his children's books. He currently lives in

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, where he was trained in the art school "Skolen for Billedkunst" 1992–93.

Bibliography

Children's books, writer and illustrator

Children's books, which Bárður Oskarsson has both written and illustrated: * ''Ein hundur ein ketta og ein mús'', Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags (BFL), 2004 ** ''Le chien, le chat et la souries''. Circonflexe 2006 (Published in France) ** ''Hundurinn, Kótturin og Músin'', Mál og Menning, 2007, (Published in

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

) ** ''En hund, en kat og en mus''. Torgard, 2008. (Published in

) ** ''En Hund en Katt og ei Mus'', Orkana, 2013. (Published in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

) * ''Beini'', BFL, 2007 ** ''Kødbenet''. Torgard, 2008 (Published in Denmark) * ''Pól, hin kuli giraffurin'', BFL, 2007 ** ''Poul, en cool giraf''. Torgard, 2009. (Published in Denmark) * ''Flata kaninin'', BFL, 2011 ** ''Den flade kanin''. Torgard, 2011. (Published in Denmark) ** ''Das platte Kaninchen'', Jacoby & Stuart, 2013 (Published in

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) ** ''Den flate Kaninen'', Orkana, 2013. (Published in Norway) **''A lapos nyuszi'', Közép-európai Sarkvidék Egyesület, 2018 (Published in Hungary) * ''Stríðið um tað góða grasið'', BFL, 2012

Children's books, which Bárður Oskarsson has illustrated

* ''Tussarnir á tussatindi'', Oskar Hermannsson, Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags (BFL), 1993 * ''Tunnuflakin'', Marianna Debes Dahl, Skúlabókagrunnurin. 1990 * ''Margreta og Mjólkin'', Sigga Vang, BFL, 2002 * ''Um svidnu pussifelluna og øvuta kúvingin'', Guðrun Gaard, BFL, 2003 * ''Tónalæra'' 1, 2, 3, 4, Skúlabókgrunnurin, 2004 * ''Um træskoytur og føðingardagsgávuna sum hvarv'', Guðrun Gaard, BFL, 2004 * ''Um gentur og tunnuflakar og ein ommuprikkutan kjóla'', Guðrun Gaard, BFL, 2005

Art exhibitions

Art exhibitions which Bárður Oskarsson participated either by himself and together with others: *

Listasavn Føroya City map detail of Tórshavn, the museum is marked red. Listasavn Føroya (National Gallery of the Faroe Islands) is an art museum in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands for mostly permanent exhibits of Faroese arts. Established in 1989, it consists of a gal ...

, FO, 2013 *

North Atlantic House North Atlantic House () is a cultural centre located on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to preserve, promote and communicate culture and art from the North Atlantic area. It is made as a cooperation between Denmark, Iceland, G ...

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, DK, 2013 * Stefansonshús, FO, 2013 * Gallery Focus, FO, 2012 * My Imaginary Library, Europe, 2007 * Christiania,

, DK, 2006 * Leikalund, FO, 2006 * Cafe Jonas, DK, 2005 *

, DK, 2005 * Smiðjan í Lítluvík,

, FO, 2004 * Føroyahúsið (The Faroese House in Copenhagen), DK, 2003 * Smiðjan í Lítluvík, FO, 2002

Awards and nominations

* 2006 - White Raven of The international children`s digital library, Special Mention, for the book ''Ein hundur, ein ketta og ein mús'' (English title: A dog, a cat, and a mouse) * Grunnur Torvald Poulsens, 2005 (scholarship) * 2006 - West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize * 2007 - Barnabókaheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs * 2013 - White Raven of The international children's digital library for the book ''Stríðið um tað góða grasið'' (English title: The quarrel over the good grass) * 2013 - Der LUCHS-Preis für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur nr. 322 for "Das platte kaninchen", November, 2013. * 2014 - Nominated for the

Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize is awarded for a work of children's literature, children's or young adult fiction, young adult literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries. It was establish ...

for the book ''Flata kaninin'' * 2015 - Received a one-year working grant from Mentanargrunnur Landsins (from the Faroese Ministry of Culture). * 2016 - Nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize for the book ''Stríðið um tað góða grasið'' * 2018 - Winner of the

* 2024 - Nominated for the

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award () is an international children's literary award established by the Swedish government in 2002 to honour the Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002). The prize is five million SEK, making it ...

References

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