Høgni Mohr

Høgni Mohr (born in Tórshavn 8 October 1968) is a Faroese author and journalist.[1] His book Fractura Nasi was the best selling book in the Faroe Islands in 2017. Fractura nasi was translated into Danish 2019 by Kirsten Brix and published by Amanda Books. Danish title: Rejse for livet. The novel was sold to movie production in 2018.


Høgni Mohr
Born (1968-10-08) October 8, 1968
Tórshavn
OccupationAuthor
LanguageFaroese
NationalityFaroe Islands
GenreNon fiction
Notable worksFractura nasi, best selling book in the Faroe Islands 2017.

Sold to movie production 2018.

Published in Danish 2019. Danish title: Rejse for livet

Career

Mohr has worked for newspapers in the Faroe Islands and has been published in Danish and Icelandic national newspapers. He spent several years working as a radio and TV reporter with Faroese national broadcaster KvF. He has also worked for the BBC and Al Jazeera and has hosted nature programmes for Vice Media,[2] as well as being a correspondent to the Huffington Post.[3]

His literary works are published in Faroese and Danish.

Høgni Mohr has his very own style of writing. His texts are colourful, sincere and often incredibly entertaining. It is obvious to the reader that the author truly enjoys writing, and you can almost visualise the pleasure he feels as he comes up with his offbeat expressions. I hope his texts will be used in schools as an example of outstanding writing.

— Uni Arge, journalist.[4]


Bibliography
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  • Mohr, Høgni (2006). Ali babba: og 49 aðrar blaðgreinir (in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. OCLC 475920953
  • Mohr, Høgni (2010). Tá deyðin verður avdúkaður (in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880518. OCLC 762372543. Documentary book about the lifelong journey from birth to death at the national hospital in the Faroe Islands.[5]
  • Mohr, Høgni (2017). Fractura nasi (in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880525. OCLC 1012884471 A narrative and poetic non-fiction road trip story.[6][7] Faroe Islands best selling book in 2017.[8] Danish translation: Rejse for livet (2019).
  • Mohr, Høgni (2018). Slepp tær til heiti fani (in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880525. [9] With illustrations by Astrid Andreasen.
  • Mohr, Høgni (2019). mær dámar ikki høgna hoydal (in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880549.
  • Mohr, Høgni (2020). Tað tómliga tolsemið (in Faroese). Øgiliga egið forlag. ISBN 9789991880556

Awards, nominations etc.
  • 2012 – 6-months grant from the Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)
  • 2014 – Nominated for the Faroese national short film award Geytin for the short film, "Fall for Ewe".[10]
  • 2019 – 6-months grant from the Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Faroese Cultural Fund)

References
  1. "Mohr, Høgni". worldcat.org. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. "Fat Birds Are Easy Prey: Fulmar Hunting in the Faroe Islands". Munchies. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. Sherriff, Lucy (7 January 2017). "Whaling In The Faroe Islands: Senseless Slaughter Or A Justified Way Of Life?". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. Arge, Uni. "Veruleikin sum listagrein, p. 53" (PDF). www.snar.fo.
  5. Jacobsen, Erhard (2010-11-02). "Duga tey ikki at reypa sjálvi?". Erhard bloggar ! (in Faroese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  6. Rasmussen, Ingi (10 October 2017). "Høgni Mohr spillnakin". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). Circuit Føroya. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. Kruse, Birgir (26 September 2017). "birk: Birgir Kruse bloggar um miðlar, mentan og annað mangt". birk. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. ""Fractura nasi" - best selling novel in 2017". farlit. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. Mohr, Høgni (28 August 2018). "Hvør setningur skal smakka". www.kvf.fo.
  10. "Høgni Mohr". farlit. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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