Jens Pauli Heinesen


Jens Pauli Heinesen was a Faroese writer. He received the Faroese Literature Prize four times and the Faroese Cultural Prize once. From 1968 to 1975, Heinesen was president of the Association of Writers of the Faroe Islands (Rithøvundafelag Føroya). He wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, a children's book, and translated books from foreign languages into Faroese.

Biography

Jens Pauli Heinesen's parents were Petur Heinesen á Lofti, a farmer from Sandavágur, and Anna Maria Malena Heinesen from the small island of Hestur. He grew up in the village of Sandavágur. At 14 years old, he moved to Tórshavn, where he worked briefly at an office and published his first book, Degningsælið, before finishing high school in 1954. After graduating, he moved to Denmark, where he studied at Emdrupborg Statsseminarium and became a school teacher in 1956.
In August 1956, he married Maud Brimheim from Klaksvík. They had a daughter, Elin Brimheim Heinesen, in 1958, and later adopted a second daughter, Marianna, from Korea. The family moved back to the Faroe Islands in 1957. Maud Heinesen later became a writer of children's books.

Novels

Yrkjarin úr Selvík og vinir hansara, Tórshavn : Published by the author, 1958. – 211 pages. Second edition was published in 1981 by the Faroese Teachers' Association.Tú upphavsins heimur I, Tórshavn : Published by the author, 1962.Tú upphavsins heimur II, Tórsh. : Published by the author, 1964.Tú upphavsins heimur III, Tórsh. : Published by the author, 1966.
  • * Tú upphavsins heimur – 2nd edition, Kollafjørður : Árting, 1990. – 320 pagesFrænir eitur ormurin – Tórsh.: Published by the author, 1973. – 466 pagesRekamaðurin, Tórshavn – Gestur, 1977. – 117 pages Tey telgja sær gudar – Tórshavn : Gestur, 1979. – 133 pagesNú ert tú mansbarn á foldum – Tórshavn : Gestur, 1980. – 162 pages, Lýsir nú fyri tær heimurin – Tórshavn : Gestur, 1981. – 128 pages, Leikur tín er sum hin ljósi dagur : novel, Tórshavn : Gestur, 1982. – 169 pages, Markleys breiðist nú fyri tær fold : novel, Tórshavn : Gestur, 1983. – 192 pages, Eitt dýpi av dýrari tíð, Tórsh. : Gestur, 1984. – 131 pages Í andgletti – Tórsh. : Gestur, 1988. – 167 pages, Bláfelli – Tórshavn : Gestur, 1992. – 246 pages, Ein ódeyðilig sál – og aðrar, Tórshavn : Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 1999. – 297 pages Koparskrínið, Tórshavn : Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 2000. – 120 pagesHvør var Nimrod?, novel – Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 2004

Short stories

Degningsælið – Tórshavn : Blaðstarv, 1953. – 99 pages, 2nd edition in 1978 at the publishing house Gestur, 180 pages.Hin vakra kvirran – Tórshavn :, 1958 . – 164 pages Gestur – Tórsh. : Eget forlag, 1967. – 103 pagesAldurnar spæla á sandi – Tórshavn : Eget forlag, 1969. – 152 pages
  • * Bølgerne leger på stranden, Danish translation, 1980.Í aldingarðinum – Tórsh. : Eget forlag, 1971. – 112 pagesGamansleikur : søgur úr Krabburð – Tórshavn : Eget forlag, 1974. – 151 pages Dropar í lívsins havi : søgusavn – Tórshavn : Gestur, 1978. – 166 pages Tann gátuføri kærleikin – Tvøroyri : Hestur, 1986. – 158 pagesGamansleikur 2 : søgur úr Krabburð – Tórshavn : Gestur, 1995. – 142 pagesRósa Maria : short stories – Tórshavn : Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 1995. – 175 pages

Plays

Uppi í eini eikilund – Tórshavn, 1970. – 49 pages Hvønn stakkin skal eg fara í, pápi : play about Annika í Dímun – in three parts. Tórshavn, 1975, 74 pagesFýra sjónleikir – Tórshavn : Gestur, 1985. – 227 pp Includes these plays:
  • * Hvønn stakkin skal eg fara í, pápi – 1975
  • * Vælkomnir, føringar, her í vási – 1978
  • * Skuggarnir – 1979
  • * Uppi í eini eikilund – 1969Sníkurin : læran um sálina : sjónleikur – Tórshavn, 1989. – 38 pages

Children's books

Brúsajøkul – Tórshavn: Føroya Lærarafelag, 1987. – 72

Translations

Eitt dukkuheim : play / by Henrik Ibsen – Tórshavn : Jens Pauli Heinesen translated into Faroese, 1984, 83 pages. Original title: Et dukkehjem
  • Leingi livi lítla tokið – children's book – written and illustrated by Charlotte Steiner ; Jens Pauli Heinesen translated into Faroese,
Tórshavn: Føroya Lærarafelag in co-operation with Illustrationsforlaget, . – 24 s.

Prizes

Jens Pauli Heinesen has four times received the Faroese Literature Prize and one time the Faroese Cultural Prize.