Sólrún Michelsen


Sólrún Michelsen, grew up in Argir and is a Faroese writer and poet. She received the Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs in 2002 and the Faroese Literature Prize in 2008. In 2004 she was nominated for the West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize 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 business man Poul Michelsen, the leader of Framsókn (Progress).

Literature for children and youth

  • 1994 Argjafrensar - children's book, 146 pages
  • 1996 Útiløgukattar, 123 pages
  • 2003 Loppugras
  • 2006 "Óvitar" - ghost story, published in a youth book about ghosts: Spøkilsið sum flenti
  • 2013 Torkils Døtur
  • 2025 "Sjókæti"

Fantasy

  • 1999 Hin útvaldi
  • 2002 ''Geislasteinar''

Short stories

  • 1995 "Øðrvísi stuttsøga" - published in Birting
  • 2000 "Maya" - 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
  • 2018 Morgunfrúa
  • 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
  • 2023 Sára Malena

Poems

  • 1998 "Mítt gamla land" - published in Birting
  • 2000 "Oyggjarnar"
  • 2003 "Við vindeygað" - Birting
  • 2009 "Kantatusálmur" -published in Vencil 7
  • 2009 Í opnu hurðini
  • 2016 ''Ein farri av fráferð''

Published in ''[Mín jólabók]'' and ''Vencil''

  • 1992 "Jól hjá Onnu og Jákupi" – Published in Mín jólabók
  • 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
  • 2017 På den anden side er marts
In Norwegian Translation
  • 2017 Sprinkeljenta
  • 2017 ''På den andre sida er mars''

In English Translation

  • 2011 "Some people run in shorts", 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" published in Pankmagazine.com
  • 2018 "The Summer with Halla" 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"
  • 2014 "Manche laufen in kurzen Hosen"
  • 2015 "Tanz auf den Klippen"
  • 2018 "Die Liebe" Published in Neue Nordische Novellen VI
In Ethiopian Translation
  • 2024 Hinumegin er mars
In Greece translation
  • 2025 Hinumegin er mars

Honours