About

Name: Steintór Rasmussen
Born: 1960
Selected work: Ein er tíðin at liva - English sample translation available
Awards and nominations: In 2006 Steintór was awarded the Tórshavn City Council Children’s Culture Award for the CD collection “Kular Røtur”.

Steintór Rasmussen (b. 1960) is a teacher by profession. He is a well-known cultural entrepreneur and musician, and has written numerous songs and lyrics which have become part of the national music dna in the Faroe Islands. Steintór has written a number of crime mysteries and stories for children and young adults. In 2015 Steintór Rasmussen published his biography "Lívið er mítt listarverk" which gives an account of his great contribution to Faroese music life and cultural heritage in general. "Deyðin fer í bindiklubb" from 2016 is his first crime novel and the first in a series of five novels. "Hevndin úr havsins dýpi" was published in 2017 and the third and fourth novels in the crime series, "Horvna rósan" and "Seytjandi maðurin", were published in 2018. Last year the fifth and final novel, "Ein er tíðin at liva", was published. Steintór Rasmussen's most recent publication from late November 2019 is "Søgunámið", which is a collection of 16 short stories and about 100 illustrations by Allan Korsager Davidsen.

Works

2019 Ein er tíðin at liva - crime novel
2019 Søgunámið - short stories for children
2018 Seytjandi maðurin - crime novel
2018 Horvna rósan - crime novel
2017 Hevndin úr havsins dýpi - crime novel
2016 Deyðin fer í bindiklubb - crime novel
2015 Lívið er mítt listaverk - autobiography
2008 Svartideyði - children’s story
2003 Føroyingar liva ikki av fiski eina - poetry collection

Translations

2020 Rache Aus Der Tiefe Des Meeres, Edition-Krimi, Germany
2019 Hass Stirbt Nie (Deyðin fer í bindiklubb). Fehnland, Germany