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Turið Sigurðardóttir (born 12 August 1946) is a Faroese educator, writer and translator, specializing in the history of Faroese literature. She lives in Tórshavn and teaches at the University of the Faroe Islands.
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Biography
Born in Copenhagen, Sigurðardóttir is the daughter of Sigrið av Skarði, a feminist journalist and academic, and of Sigurð Joensen, a lawyer who campaigned for the independence of the Faroe Islands. She graduated in Icelandic language and literature at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik and has a master's degree in literature from Copenhagen University.
At the University of the Faroe Islands, she teaches literature and translation and conducts research into the history of Faroese literature, including children's literature and poetry. She contributes to various academic bodies such as the Faroese Language Board and is a member of the jury for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. From 1989 to 1991, she served as president of the Association of Writers of the Faroe Islands. Sigurðardóttir has published books and articles on Faroese authors and the literary history of the Faroe Islands as well as an Icelandic manual in Faroese. She has collaborated in editing a Norwegian anthology of Faroese short stories. She has also translated books into Faroese from Icelandic, Swedish and English, including works by Halldór Laxness and Astrid Lindgren. One of her most extensive publications is the complete works of the Faroese author Símun av Skarði in seven volumes.
Awards
In 2013, Turið Sigurðardóttir was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize for non-fiction literature.