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Name: Elin á Rógvi
Born: in 1976, Tórshavn
Selected work: Flytifuglar

Elin á Rógvi lives in Tórshavn. She hosts a children's programme for Faroese national radio. Her debut novel Mánalýsi was published in 2007 and won the children's literature prize through the Nordic Literature and Library Committee. The book was published simultaneously in Danish, Greenlandic and Sami. Her most recent book, Og mamma! was published in 2014 and was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize 2015. With her book Flytifuglar, Elin á Rógvi sheds light on what it feels like to grow up in a community where there is a need to bridge different cultures and languages. Flytifuglar won the West Nordic Council’s Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize 2024. In her latest book Fornt, she takes the reader into the fantastic world of a popular video game and explores the limits of virtual reality and generational differences.

Works
2024 Fornt
2023 Flytifuglar (Sample translation available)
2019 112 Fuglafjørður
2017 Eg eri ein prinsessa
2014 Og mamma!
2013 Sangur í mjørka
2010 Eg sá ein eingil
2010 Jólastrok, CD
2007 Mánalýsi
2003-2004 Mín jólabók (short stories collection) 

Awards and nominations
2024 West Nordic Council’s Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize for Flytifuglar – winner
2015 Nordic Council’s Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize for Og mamma! – nominee
2014 Children's Cultural Prize of Tórshavn City Council – winner