Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen
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Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen in 2011
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Born | (1937-09-30)30 September 1937 Sandvík, Faroe Islands |
Died | 12 April 2012(2012-04-12) (aged 74) Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
Occupation | Teacher, writer |
Nationality | Faroese |
Genre | Children's literature, novels, short stories, poems, plays |
Steinbjørn Berghamar Jacobsen (30 September 1937 – 12 April 2012) was a Faroese poet, teacher and writer. He was known as a children's writer, but his works also included short stories, plays and novels. He was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize for fiction in 1981.[1]
Jacobsen was born in Sandvík on 30 September 1937.[1] He died on 12 April 2012 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, at the age of 74.[1]
In the month after his death two of his children gave musical form to eleven of their father's poems. His son Kári Jacobsen composed melodies for the poems. Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen's daughter Eyð B. Jacobsen sang the songs, which were recorded and released by Tutl, a Faroese record label. The album's title is Tungl, Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen,[2] Tungl being the title of a poetry collection published by Jacobsen in 1987.
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