Bárður Oskarsson (born 18 July 1972 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese children's writer, illustrator and artist, who has won several literary awards. His books have been translated into Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, French, German and Czech.
Biography
He started to draw when he was a child and got some of his drawings published in the Faroese children's magazine Barnablaðið. The first book he illustrated was his grandfather's (Oskar Hermannsson's) children's book "Undir tussafjøllum". After illustrating other authors' books for some years, he published his own book, where he was both writer and illustrator, in 2004. This was the children's book "Ein hundur ein ketta og ein mús" (A dog, a cat and a mouse), which was later published in French (2006), Icelandic (2007), Danish (2008) and Norwegian (2013). Oskarsson has received Faroese, Nordic and German awards for his children's books.[1] He currently lives in Denmark, where he was trained in the art school "Skolen for Billedkunst" 1992–93.
Bibliography
Children's books, writer and illustrator
Children's books, which Bárður Oskarsson has both written and illustrated:
Ein hundur ein ketta og ein mús, Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags (BFL), 2004
Le chien, le chat et la souries. Circonflexe 2006 (Published in France)
Hundurinn, Kótturin og Músin, Mál og Menning, 2007, (Published in Iceland)
En hund, en kat og en mus. Torgard, 2008. (Published in Denmark) [2]
En Hund en Katt og ei Mus, Orkana, 2013. (Published in Norway)
Beini, BFL, 2007
Kødbenet. Torgard, 2008 (Published in Denmark)
Pól, hin kuli giraffurin, BFL, 2007
Poul, en cool giraf. Torgard, 2009. (Published in Denmark)
Flata kaninin, BFL, 2011
Den flade kanin. Torgard, 2011. (Published in Denmark)
Das platte Kaninchen, Jacoby & Stuart, 2013 (Published in Germany)[3]
Den flate Kaninen, Orkana, 2013. (Published in Norway)
A lapos nyuszi, Közép-európai Sarkvidék Egyesület, 2018 (Published in Hungary)[4]
Føroyahúsið (The Faroese House in Copenhagen), DK, 2003
Smiðjan í Lítluvík, FO, 2002
Awards and nominations
2006 - White Raven of The international children`s digital library, Special Mention, for the book Ein hundur, ein ketta og ein mús (English title: A dog, a cat, and a mouse)[10]
2013 - White Raven of The international children's digital library for the book Stríðið um tað góða grasið (English title: The quarrel over the good grass)[13]
2013 - Der LUCHS-Preis für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur nr. 322 for "Das platte kaninchen", November, 2013.[14]