Sólrún Michelsen (born Midjord 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 ...

on 11 March 1948), grew up in

Argir Argir () is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish ''airge,'' which means ''summer pasture''.; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning. Once a village south of Tórshavn, Argir h ...

and is a Faroese writer and poet. She received the

Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs (transl. Children's Cultural Prize of Tórshavn City Council) is a Faroese cultural prize, which is given by the City Council of Tórshavn to a Faroese writer, artist, musician, orchestra etc. who the ...

(Tórshavn Council's Children's Book Prize) in 2002 and 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 2008. In 2004 she was nominated for the

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for the poem collection ''Loppugras''. In 2015 she was nominated for the Nordic Literature Prize for the novel ''Hinumegin er mars''. She is married to the Faroese politician and

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Poul Michelsen Poul Johan Sundberg Michelsen (born 22 July 1944 in Tórshavn) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese business man and former politician. He was the leader of Progress (Faroe Islands), Progress (Framsókn), which he and others established in 2011. Before th ...

, the leader of Framsókn (Progress).

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In 1994 she published her debut book which she named ''Argjafrensar''. People who come from

(now a part of Tórshavn) are often jokingly referred to as Argjafrensar, which means "male cats from Argir". Her parents moved to Argir from elsewhere, her father from the small village of

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Suðuroy Suðuroy (pronounced: �suːwʊrɔior �suːri ‘South Island’, ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region ( sýsla) comprise ...

and her mother from Norðskáli on

Eysturoy Eysturoy (, meaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population. Description Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely rugged, with som ...

. Since 2008 Sólrún has worked full-time as a writer. She has written and published in various genres, with her work appearing both in book form and in literary magazines like ''Birting'' and '' Vencil''. Sólrún has written poems, short stories, novels and fantasy stories, and has written for children, youth and adults. Since 2006 she has mostly written for adults.

Literature for children and youth

*1994 ''Argjafrensar'' - children's book, 146 pages *1996 ''Útiløgukattar'' (youth novel), 123 pages *2003 ''Loppugras'' (poems for children) *2006 "Óvitar" - ghost story, published in a youth book about ghosts: Spøkilsið sum flenti (The laughing ghost) *2013 ''Torkils Døtur'' (children's book) *2025 "Sjókæti" (children´s book)

Fantasy

*1999 ''Hin útvaldi'' (fantasy) *2002 ''Geislasteinar'' (fantasy)

Short stories

*1995 "Øðrvísi stuttsøga" - published in ''Birting'' *2000 "Maya" (novella) - published in ''Birting'' *2002 "Angi av deyða" - published in ''Birting'' *2004 "Maðurin úr Grauballe" - published in ''Birting'' *2006 "Summi renna í stuttum brókum" - published in ''Vencil'' 1 *2007 "Gjøgnum skygnið" - published in ''Vencil'' 3 *2009 "Hin blái eingilin" - published in ''Vencil'' 6 *2011 ''Rottan'' (short story collection) *2018 ''Morgunfrúa'' (short story collection) *2021 "Olivin"- published in Varðin 2021 *2022 "Sunnumorgun" published in Varðin 2022

Novels

*2007 ''Tema við slankum'' *2013 ''Hinumegin er mars'' *2019 Ein táttur er silvur *2020 Ein annar er gull *2021 Fáur fær tráðin heilt slættan *2021 Nornan spinnur (triologi) *2023 Sára Malena

Poems

*1998 "Mítt gamla land" - published in ''Birting'' *2000 "Oyggjarnar" (Cantate) *2003 "Við vindeygað" - Birting *2009 "Kantatusálmur" -published in ''Vencil'' 7 *2009 ''Í opnu hurðini'' (poetry collection) *2016 ''Ein farri av fráferð'' (poetry collection)

Published in '' Mín jólabók'' and ''Vencil''

*1992 "Jól hjá Onnu og Jákupi" – Published in ''Mín jólabók'' (My Christmas Book) *1997 "Emma" – Published in ''Mín jólabók'' *1998 "Tann fyrsta flykran" and ''Eg kenni eina vættur'' - published in ''Mín jólabók'' *1999 "Barnajól" and "Magga" - published in ''Mín jólabók'' *2000 "Gásasteggin" and "Postboð" - published in ''Mín jólabók'' *2001 "Fuglakongurin" and "Hinumegin vindeyga" - published in ''Mín jólabók'' *2003 "Tann fyrsta flykran fall í dag" and "Ein dag eg lá á bønum" - published in ''Mín jólabók'' *2005 "Sápubløðran" - published in ''Mín jólabók'' *2006 "Summi renna í stuttum brókum" - published in ''Vencil'' 1 *2007 "Jólagávan" - published in ''Mín jólabók''

In Danish translation

*2009 ''At danse med virkeligheden'' (translation by Kirsten brix of ''Tema við slankum'') *2017 På den anden side er marts (translation by Kirsten Brix of ''Hinumegin er mars'') In Norwegian Translation *2017 ''Sprinkeljenta'' (translation by Anne-Kari Skarðhamarof of ''At danse med virkeligheden'') *2017 ''På den andre sida er mars'' (translation by Lars Moa of ''Hinumegin er mars'')

In English Translation

*2011 "Some people run in shorts" (translation by Marita Thomsen of the short story "Summi renna í stuttum brókum"), published in ''Vencil Anthology of Contemporary Faroese Literature''. *2017 "Some people run in shorts" translation by Marita Thomsen in ''Anthology for contemporary Nordic Literature:THE DARK BLUE WINTER OVERCOAT'' *2017 "Some people run in shorts" translation by Marita Thomsen in ''Boundless Literary Magazine'' on-line *2014 "The Rat" (Translation of the short story "Rottan") published in '' Pankmagazine.com'' *2018 "The Summer with Halla" (translation by Kerri Pierce of the short story "Summarið við Hallu")published in World Literature Today *2018 "Starlings" (translation by Kerri Pierce of the short story "Starar," published in ''EUROPENOWJOURNAL.org'' *2023 "On the other Side is March" (novel translated by Marita Thomsen from faroese "Hinumegin er mars"

In German Translation

*2013 "Der blaue Engel" (German translation of the short story "Hin blái eingilin" published in the collection ''Mord unterm Nordlicht'' s. 85-88) * 2014 "Manche laufen in kurzen Hosen" (German translation of the short story "Summi renna í stuttum brókum," published in the collection ''Narrenflieger'') * 2015 "Tanz auf den Klippen" (German translation of "Tema við slankum," translated by Inga Meincke) * 2018 "Die Liebe" (German translation of the short story "Kærleikin," translated by Karen Hertlein.) Published in ''Neue Nordische Novellen VI'' In Ethiopian (Amharic) Translation * 2024 Hinumegin er mars In Greece translation * 2025 Hinumegin er mars

Honours

*2002

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for ''Loppugras'' *2008

(Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens) *2015 Nominated the

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References

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