Høgni Mohr (born in
Tórshavn 8 October 1968) is a
Faroese author and journalist. His book ''Fractura Nasi'' was the best selling book in 2017 throughout the
Faroe Islands. ''Fractura Nasi'' was translated into Danish 2019 by Kirsten Brix and published b
Amanda Books Danish title
Rejse for livet The novel was sold to movie production in 2018.
Career
Mohr has worked for newspapers in the Faroes and has been published in Danish and Icelandic national newspapers. He spent several years working as a radio and TV reporter with Faroese national broadcaster
Kringvarp Føroya. He has also worked for the
BBC and
Al Jazeera
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and has hosted nature programmes for
Vice Media, as well as being a correspondent to the
Huffington Post
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.
His literary works are published in Faroese and Danish.
Bibliography
*
OCLC 475920953*
OCLC 762372543 Documentary book about the lifelong journey from birth to death at the national hospital in the Faroe Islands.
*
OCLC 1012884471A narrative and poetic non-fiction road trip story. Faroe Islands best selling book in 2017. Danish translation
Rejse for livet(2019).
* With illustrations by
Astrid Andreasen
Faroe stamp 440 fish tree.
Astrid Jóhanna Andreasen (born July 31, 1948, in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese artist, illustrator and postage stamp designer. As a scientific illustrator, she specialises in marine animals.
Andreasen grew up ...
.
*Mohr, Høgni (2019)
mær dámar ikki høgna hoydal(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. .
*Mohr, Høgni (2020)
Tað tómliga tolsemið(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag.
*Mohr, Høgni (2021)
Grøðandi greinir(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880563
*Mohr, Høgni (2022)
Saga JAM(in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880570
Awards, nominations etc.
* 2012 – 6-months grant from the
Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)
* 2014 – Nominated for the
Faroese national short film award
Geytin
Geytin is an annual Faroese film festival in the Nordic House in Tórshavn where two Geytin film prizes are handed. The festival was established in 2012. The prizes are given to a Faroese film instructor for a short film, which is no longer than ...
for the short film, "Fall for Ewe".
* 2019 – 6-months grant from the
Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)
* 2019 – 6-months grant from the
Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)
* 2019 – Art grant from the
Ã…land Cultural Committee for a art stay at the historic
Eckerö_Mail_and_Customs_House
Eckerö Mail and Customs House ( sv, Eckerö post- och tullhus) is a historic building in Eckerö municipality in Åland, Finland.
It was built in 1828 as the most western posthouse on the Finnish side of the old mail route connecting Swedish ca ...
References
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1968 births
Living people
Faroese writers