Sissal Kampmann

Name: Sissal Kampmann
Born: 1974, Vestmanna

Sissal Kampmann earned her MA in Nordic Literature and Modern Culture from the University of Copenhagen. Since her debut in 2011 with the poetry collection Ravnar á ljóðleysum flogi – Yrkingar úr uppgongdini (Ravens in silent flights – Poems from the Stairway) she has released another four poetry collections which all circle around the theme "home"; home as a physical, emotional and spiritual place, home as a residence in this world and as a means of finding peace in a world of conflict. Her collection Sunnudagsland (Sunday land) from 2016 has a more political tone of voice and gives her account on how it is to return to her home town in the Faroe Islands after many years abroad, to a place which pretends to be like an eternal Sunday but where things are not as sunlit or peaceful as they seem at first glance. 

Poetry
2017 Darkening / Myrking, Francis Boutle Publishers
2016 Sunnudagsland, MS
2014 Hyasinttíð, MS
2013 4D, Forlagið Eksil
2012 Endurtøkur, Forlagið Eksil
2011 Ravnar á ljóðleysum flogi - yrkingar úr uppgongdini, Forlagið Eksil

Translations
2017 Darkening / Myrking. Translated into English by Marita Thomsen. Francis Boutle Publishers.
2017 Søndagsland. Translated by Hugin M. Eide. Forlaget Torgard

Awards and recognition: Klaus Rifbjerg Prize from the Danish Literary Academy (2012). Nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2017.