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17-443: (Redirected from Nóatún ) Noatun or Nóatún may refer to: Nóatún (mythology) , abode of the god Njörðr Nóatún (supermarket)  [ is ] , a chain of Icelandic supermarkets Noatún , a 1938 book by William Heinesen Noatun, a fictional place in the game Bayonetta 2 Noatun (media player) , a media player in the K Desktop Environment 2 Topics referred to by

34-416: A widow but also nine children, it meant that money was very scarce and therefore he was often in debt. This in turn meant that he owed money to the local trading monopoly. In 1658 Debes went on a journey to Copenhagen . The reason was a dispute between Debes and the bailiff Johannes Heidemann. Although an official war manifesto was never declared, Denmark and Sweden were at war. Therefore, in mid-journey

51-456: Is an ode to his imagination. Its subtitle is " a Story From the Beginning of Time ". Heinesen was not content with writing only novels. In the fifties he began writing short stories as well. Most of them have been printed in these three collections entitled The Enchanted Light , Gamaliel's Bewitchment and Cure Against Evil Spirits (1969). In the novel The Good Hope , his main character

68-495: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Heinesen The Faroese capital Tórshavn is always the centre of Heinesen's writing and he is famous for having once called Tórshavn "The Navel of the World". His writing focuses on contrasts between darkness and light, between destruction and creativity. Then following is the existential struggle of man to take sides. This

85-402: Is not always easy, however, and the lines between good and bad are not always clearly defined. Heinesen was captivated by the mysterious part of life, calling himself religious in the broadest sense of the word. His life could be described as a struggle against defeatism with one oft-quoted aphorism of his is that "life is not despair, and death shall not rule". As he was born and raised before

102-706: Is taken from the Danish Literature Centre. Lucas Debes Lucas Jacobsøn Debes (1623 in Stubbekøbing – 1675) was a Danish priest, topographer and celebrated writer about the Faroe Islands . He wrote the first book about the Faroes, which was printed (and translated into English and German) and drew the first detailed map of the Islands. Debes was born at Stubbekøbing of

119-636: The Faroe Islands to his favourite statesman Kristoffer Gabel (1617–1673), Debes entered a bitter feud with his administration who suppressed the islanders in various ways. There came considerable complaints from the islands' inhabitants of unjust treatment by the civil administration in Tórshavn. This included the persons in charge of the monopoly trade, the bailiff and others. Debes is chiefly known for standing up for islanders mistreated by those who abused their power. He tried several times to inform

136-522: The Faroe Islands, Færoæ et Færoa reserata , first published in Danish in 1673. It is one of the earliest books ever written about the Faroe Islands. It is an historical and scientific according, which also includes the first map of the Faroe Islands. In the novel The Good Hope by noted Faroese author William Heinesen , the main character the Rev. Peder Børresen is based on Lucas Debes. Heinesen received

153-483: The Faroese language was taught in the schools, he wrote mainly in Danish but his spoken language was Faroese. All his books were later translated into his native Faroese . He published his first collection of poetry when he was 21 and he had three more published before he wrote his first novel Blæsende gry ( Stormy Dawn ) in 1934. He read every single one of the chapters to the painter Sámal Joensen-Mikines , as he

170-458: The Rev. Peder Børresen is based on the historical person Rev. Lucas Debes . When Heinesen was asked how long it had taken to write it, he answered "Forty years. But then I did other things in between." He was awarded the Danish literary prize Holberg Medal in 1960. He received The Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1965 for his novel Det gode håb ( The Good Hope ), published in 1964. In

187-539: The central administration in Denmark of the wrongdoings, but was stopped every time by the bailiff. Eventually in 1673 he managed to get away from the islands to carry out his plan and this consequently improved the situation of the Faroes. During his stay in Copenhagen, Debes acquire his master's degree in 1673. After his return to the Faroe Islands, Debes died in 1675. Debes has become best known for his book about

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204-721: The island of Falster in Denmark. He graduated from school at Slagelse in 1647. He came to the Faroe Islands in 1652 as a curate. The next year he became a parish vicar in Suðurstreymoy and later he became the new head of the Latin school in Tórshavn . He was both well-educated and hard-working, and the school improved considerately during his time there. After he settled in Tórshavn he married Anne Rasmusdatter, widow of his predecessor, in accordance with local Faroese tradition. However, since his predecessor had left behind him not only

221-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Noatun . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noatun&oldid=1214173884 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

238-564: The ship was taken over by the Swedes. Debes now became a prisoner in Gothenburg . Luckily, through his fine knowledge and preaching, Debes managed to win the trust of the commandant . This meant that Debes was released the following year. After his release he successfully reached Copenhagen according with his original plans. After his returned to the Faroe Islands, he was made a deputy rural dean . When King Frederick III of Denmark endowed

255-649: The story Heinesen had the difficult task of reproducing 17th-century Danish. He succeeded, and won the prize. It is widely considered his best work. When there were rumours that William Heinesen was about to receive the Nobel Prize for literature in 1981, he wrote to the Swedish Academy and renounced his candidacy. Later he explained why: He was awarded with the Faroese Literature Prize in 1975. In 1980 on his 80th birthday Heinesen

272-795: Was appointed "Tórshavn's Citizen of Honour" by his home town. In 1980 he received the Danish Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen). In 1984 he received the Children's Books Prize of Tórshavn City Council ( Barnabókaheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs ) In 1985 he was awarded the Karen Blixen Medal from the Danish Academy . In 1987 he was awarded the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize ("little Nobel"). Information in this bibliography

289-473: Was worried that his Danish was not good enough. That was followed up with Noatún (1938). Noatún has a strong political message – solidarity is the key to a good society. His next book The Black Cauldron (1949) deals with the aftermath of decadent living combined with religious hysteria. In The Lost Musicians (1950) Heinesen leaves the social realism of his earlier works behind, instead giving himself over to straightforward storytelling. Mother Pleiades (1952)

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