Literature Ireland

Agnar Artúvertin

Agnar Artúvertin was born in 1979 in Thorshavn, in the Faroe Islands. He is a writer, poet, publisher and translator. In 2004, he published his first book, a miscellany of poems, articles, stories and translations, and a rhyming, political satire of 400 verses. The collection of poems Jahve kemur aftur (Yahweh Comes Back) and his first collection of short stories, entitled Revapassarin og aðrar søgur (The Fox Raiser and Other Stories), both appeared in 2009.

Translated books

Ifreann (Hell)