Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen

Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen (born 22 February 1969 in Tórshavn, grew up in Sandur) is a Faroese author, poet, children's book author, editor and teacher.^[1] In 2000, 2009 and 2019 he received the Faroese Literature Prize, first for a collection of poems and later for his work as editor of the literary magazine Vencil.^[2]^[3] He is the younger brother of the composer Sunleif Rasmussen.

Career

Oddfríður was trained as a teacher in 2011. He was chairman of LISA (Council of Faroese Artists) from 2001 to 2012. For a two-year period from 1998 to 2000, he attended the Writers' School in Copenhagen. Oddfríður debuted as a poet in 1992, when a couple of his poems were published in the Faroese journal Brá [fo]. He has published two children's books, 13 poetry collections as well as a number of short stories, poems and translations, which have been published in Vencil. Oddfríður and Arnbjørn Ólavsson Dalsgarð [fo] are editors of Vencil.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

1994 – Aldur hugans (poems)
1995 – Innantannaskríggj (poems)
1998 – Skil (poems)
2000 – Rás (poems)
2002 – Kvørkringar (poems)
2003 – Gráir týdningar (poems)
2005 – Yrkingar (poems)
2008 - Innantanna Anna og Túsundbeinið Súni (children's book, illustrated by Bárður Oskarsson), Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags [dk]
2008 - Lívrám (poems) Sprotin (forlag)
2011 - Blómugrót, (poems), Sprotin
2013 - E.g. eri næstur (poems) Sprotin
2014 - Oktoberbløð í fallandi sól (poems) Sprotin
2015 - Av heilum hjarta, haiku (poems) Sprotin
2016 - Úrtíð (poems) Sprotin
2016 - Gandakendu Føroyar/ Magiske Færøer/Magical Faroe Islands, (poems and photos) with Ole Banke, Sprotin

Translations

2013 - Onki, Janne Teller, (Intet), Bókadeild Føroya lærarafelags
2013 - Tú veitst ongantíð - eitt úrval av yrkingum, Ron Padgett, (You never know - Selected Poems), Sprotin
2014 - Eitt løgið skip, Anita Krumbach, (Et mærkeligt bád) Bókadeild Føroya lærarafelag

Poems and short stories published in the magazine Vencil

Føðingin (poem). Nr. 1/2006, s. 7–8.
Aldurdómurin viskar seg sjálvan burtur (short story). Nr. 1/2006, s. 103–108.
Skuggin (short story). Nr. 2/2007, s. 89–93.
E.g. beri so nógv (short story). Nr. 3/2007, s. 96–100.
Helviti á jørð (poem). Nr. 5/2008, s. 96–97.
Úr kistubotninum (poem). Nr. 5/2008, s. 98.
Upplatingardagur (short story). Nr. 7/2009, s. 20–22.
3 poems.. Nr. 7/2009, s. 96–101.
Jarðarferðin (short story). Nr. 8/2010, s. 77–80.
3 poems. Nr. 9/2010, s. 42–44.
2 poems. Nr. 10/2011, s. 77–80.

Translations published in Vencil

2 poems / Denise Duhamel. Nr. 2/2007, s. 35–36.
Blómandi Anna hevur hjól / Kurt Schwitters (poem). Nr. 2/2007, s. 37–38.
2 poems / Russel Edson. Nr. 2/2007, s. 75–77.
Sjúklingurin / Peter Seeberg (short story). Nr. 3/2007, s. 26–29.
5 poems, to noveller / Ron Padgett. Nr. 3/2007, s. 57–70.
3 poems / Michael Strunge. Nr. 4/2008, s. 28–32.
3 short stories/ Peter Adolphsen. Nr. 4/2008, s. 33–35.
2 poems / John Ashbery. Nr. 4/2008, s. 50–52.
Søgan handan søguna / Tove Ditlevsen (short story). Nr. 7/2009, s. 52–57.
Henda gentan / Jeppe Brixvold (drama). Nr. 7/2009, s. 65–70.
6 texts from “Eymir knøttar” / Gertrude Stein (short prose). Nr. 7/2009, s. 71–76.
Hjól / Michael Palmer (poem). Nr. 7/2009, s. 83.
2 poems / Marianne Larsen. Nr. 8/2010, s. 74–75.
Guð er ein sveinsspilla / Gregory Corso (poem). Nr. 8/2010, s. 91.
Kærleikssøga / Jim Carroll (poem). Nr. 9/2010, s. 23.
Ein telefonsamrøða / Mark Twain (monolog). Nr. 9/2010, s. 45–47.
6 poems / Charles Simic. Nr. 9/2010, s. 86–91.
2 poems / Harald Landt Momberg. Nr. 9/2010, s. 92–93.
Eini heimsøkt hús / Virginia Woolf (short story). Nr. 10/2011, s. 63–64.
Det er ikke min mand / Naja Marie Aids (short story). Nr. 14 2013

Awards

2000 - Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens for the poetry collection Rás sár.
2009 - Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens in the category "Mentanarligt avrik" (cultural achievement). He shared the award with Arnbjørn Ó. Dalsgarð). They received the award for their work as editors of the literary magazine Vencil, which they started in 2006.

References

^ "Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen". mentanarrit. Varðin Mentanarrit. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen | Nordic cooperation". norden.org.
^ "BBS.fo, Arnbjørn Ólavsson Dalsgarð og Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen – Mentanarvirðisløn M.A. Jacobsens fyri mentanaravrik 2009". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

External links

[1] "Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen". mentanarrit. Varðin Mentanarrit. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

[2] "Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen | Nordic cooperation". norden.org.

[3] "BBS.fo, Arnbjørn Ólavsson Dalsgarð og Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen – Mentanarvirðisløn M.A. Jacobsens fyri mentanaravrik 2009". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

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