Sigri Mitra Gaïni (

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: سیگری میترا قائنی; born 1975 in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

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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 inclu ...

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 Tróndur Bogason (born 5 April 1976 as Tróndur Bogason Hansen) is a Faroese composer and musician. He composes classical works, but he also arranges music for pop, rock and folk artists. He is married to the Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir w ...

. She played one of the main characters in

Katrin Ottarsdóttir Katrin Ottarsdóttir (born 1957) is a Faroe Islands, 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 wen ...

's Faroese/Danish movie '' Bye Bye Bluebird'' in 1999. The film won several awards, e.g. a Tiger Award at the

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in 2000. The film was also nominated for the Norwegian

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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

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

. Her mother is Faroese and her father comes from

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. 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 (). Joensen was born in Gjógv.Joensen, Sofus et al. 1986 ...

(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 Símun av Skarði (3 May 1872 – 9 October 1942) was a Faroese poet, politician, and teacher. Biography Símun was born in the village of Skarð on Kunoy. In 1893, he entered the seminary in Tórshavn, which he graduated from as a teacher i ...

, who is most famous for writing the poem which now is the national hymn ''

Tú alfagra land mítt "" ("Thou fairest land of mine"), officially "" ("My fairest land"), is the national anthem of the Faroe Islands. It was written in 1906 by headteacher Símun av Skarði, and the melody was composed in 1907 by violinist Petur Alberg. History C ...

'' (1906). One of Sigri's cousins is Sólrun Løkke Rasmussen, who is the wife of the prime minister of Denmark,

Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen (; born 15 May 1964) is a Danish politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was Leader of the Ve ...

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 actors Sorrel Carso ...

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. She also studied Philosophy at the

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

, 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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