Malan Marnersdóttir
Malan Marnersdóttir (born 25 January 1952) is a Faroese academic and non-fiction writer.
Biography
The daughter of Doctor Marner Andreas Simonsen and Anna Kristina Godtfred, she was born in
Marnersdóttir was contributor and co-editor for the literary journal Brá, which was published from 1982 to 1992. She has written about Faroese literature for various journals. With actor Laura Joensen, she wrote a play Logi, logi, eldur mín about Faroese writer Jóhanna Maria Skylv Hansen. She has also contributed articles on Faroese women writers to Nordisk kvindelitteraturhistorie (The History of Nordic Women's Literature). She has been organizer for conferences held in the Faroe Islands by the International Association of Scandinavian Studies.[1]
In 1981, Marnersdóttir married Hans Laureng. The couple divorced in 1985.[1]
Awards
She received the Faroese Literature Prize for non-fiction in 1993.[1]
Selected works[1]
- Kvinneøddir (1985), on women's involvement in the debate over the first Faroese language newspaper
- Konurák (1989), a survey of the Faroese women's magazine Oyggjarnar
- Fyri fyrst (1992), literary analysis of women writers
- Bylgjurnar leika í trá (1992), literary analysis of women writers
- Føroysk bókmentasøga Volume 1, with Turið Sigurðardóttir (2011), History of Faroese Literature[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Malan Marnersdóttir (1952 - )". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish).
- ISBN 978-9991820866.