Jóanes Nielsen

Who is Jóanes Nielsen?

Jóanes Nielsen is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. He has written both short stories, plays and novels. He has now published seven collections of poetry, and has been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the fourth time with his latest collection of poems, entitled Brúgvar av svongum orðum. One of his main influences is the writer William Heinesen. And he even features in some of his poems. But as a writer Nielsen is mainly associated with the political and often existential message that he delivers through his work. He has been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize five times: 1988, 1994, 1999, 2004 og 2012. In December 2012 the international publication house Random House made a contract with Nielsen to publish his novel Brahmadellarnir, at first it will be published in German. This is an historical event for Faroese literature, because no other Faroese author's work has until now been published on such a large publishing house.