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Name
Rakel Helmsdal
Role
Writer
Rakel Helmsdal
Rakel Helmsdal (born 25 September 1966) is a Faroese writer. Her mother is the Faroese poet Guðrið Helmsdal. Rakel was born in Tårnby, Amager, Denmark, but has lived in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands for most of her life. She lived for five years in France, where she wrote four of her books. She has taught creative writing and drama, and has also been involved in youth theatre.
Together with Áslaug Jónsdóttir from Iceland and Kalle Güettler from Sweden, she has written a series of books about the little and the big "skrímsl" (fantasy creatures similar to trolls). The first book, Tey kalla meg bara Hugo, was translated into Norwegian. Books in the series have been published in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Sweden, France, Finland, Spain and Norway.
Helmsdal was president of the Faroese writer's association Rithøvundafelag Føroya from 2009 to 2011.
Helmsdal has created her own marionette theatre, which she calls Karavella Marionett-Theatre.
Recognition
1996 – Barnabókaheiðursløn Tórshavnar Býráðs (Faroese award) for her children's book Tey kalla meg bara Hugo.
2004 – Dimmalim (Icelandic award) for Nei! segði lítla skrímsl, which was written together with Icelandic Áslaug Jónsdóttir and Swedish Kalle Güettler
2007 – Barnabókaverðlaun Menntaráðs Reykjavíkur (Icelandic award) for Stór skrímsl gráta ikki, which was written together with Icelandic Áslaug Jónsdóttir and Swedish Kalle Güettler
2008 – Won an award in a short story competition, the stories should be for the Faroese youth
2011 - Skrímslahæddir nominated for the Fjörðuverðlaun (Icelandic award).
2013 - Veiða vind nominated for the Nordic Children's Book Prize (called Nordisk Skolebibliotekarforenings Børnebogspris or Nordisk Børnebogspris in Danish and Norwegian).
2013 - Children's Cultural Prize of Tórshavn City Council (Faroese cultural award for children's literature and other cultural achievements), she won the award for Veiða vind and for the books about the Skrímsl (the Monsters) and the plays made of theses books
