Jens Pauli Heinesen

Jens Pauli Heinesen's parents were Petur Heinesen á Lofti, a farmer from Sandavágur, and Anna Maria Malena Heinesen (born Johannesen) from the small island of Hestur. He grew up in the village of Sandavágur. At 14 years old, he moved to Tórshavn, where he worked briefly at an office and published his first book, Degningsælið, before finishing high school in 1954. After graduating, he moved to Denmark, where he studied at Emdrupborg Statsseminarium and became a school teacher in 1956. In August 1956, he married Maud Brimheim from Klaksvík. They had a daughter, Elin Brimheim Heinesen, in 1958, and later adopted a second daughter, Marianna, from Korea. The family moved back to the Faroe Islands in 1957. Maud Heinesen (born Brimheim) later became a writer of children's books. == Bibliography ==

Jens Pauli Heinesen has four times received the Faroese Literature Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens) and one time the Faroese Cultural Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins). • 1959 – Faroese Literature Prize • 1969 – Faroese Literature Prize for the novel: Aldurnar spæla á sandi • 1973 – Faroese Literature Prize for the series of novels: Frænir eitur ormurin • 1993 – Faroese Literature Prize for the novel: Bláfelli og raðið (Á ferð inn í eina óendaliga søgu). • 1999 – Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins (150.000 DKK) == References ==