Sólrún Michelsen

Sólrún Michelsen (born Midjord in Tórshavn in 1948), grew up in Argir, is a Faroese writer and poet. She received the Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs (Tórshavn Council's Children's Book Prize) in 2002 and the Faroese Literature Prize in 2008. In 2004 she was nominated for the West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize for the poem collection Loppugras. In 2015 she was Nominated the Nordic Literature Prize for the novel "Hinumegin er mars". She is married to the Faroese politician and business man Poul Michelsen, the leader of Framsókn (Progress).