About

Dánial hoydal

Dánial Hoydal (b. 1976), an author and translator, has worked in many genres. With this book "Abbi og eg og abbi" – which is the first in a series about how mental illness affects children – he is back where he started as an author: writing for children.

With a Master in Rhetoric, he has worked with communication all his career. His first publication was the highly popular children’s book “Í Geyma” (2001), a fabled story characterized by turning Faroese puns into characters, which he later also turned in to a theatre play. After that he translated 6 different musicals and music theatre pieces into Faroese that were all performed on stage on the islands. Marking the 100-year anniversary of the christening of the Faroe Islands, he wrote the award-winning text for the National Day cantata (2000). He also wrote the libretto for the first ever Faroese opera, The Madman’s Garden (2006), with music by Sunleif Rasmussen. In 2012 he wrote the musical “Audition” together with composer Tróndur Bogason. He has also written short stories for children and poetry that has been published in anthologies and periodicals.

Works
2022 Strikurnar, BFL
2021 Abbi og eg og abbi, BFL
2002 Í Geyma, BFL