Poul F. Joensen

Local namefor a local poet, Poul F. Joensen
LocationFroðba, Faroe Islands

Poul Frederik Joensen was a Faroese poet and writer.

He is best known for his poems, both the satirical ones and his love poems. He worked as a school teacher for some years, but most of his life he worked as a sheep farmer and a labourer.Poul F.'s work include translated poems by Heinrich Heine and Robert Burns. His first collection of poems Gaman og álvara was published in 1924; it was the second collection of poetry by a Faroese poet published in the Faroe Islands. It was published by Felagið Varðin with Richard Long. The first collection of poems in the Faroese language was published in 1914, these poems were written by Janus Djurhuus, the title was Yrkingar which means Poems. He was awarded with the Faroese Literature Prize in 1963.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_F._Joensen

Address Froðbiarvegur, Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands

Coordinates 61°32'46.642" N -6°45'50.951" E

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