Ebba Hentze

Ebba Hentze (25 September 1930 – 20 May 2015[1][2]) was a Faroese writer of children's books and a poet and translator.

She received three Faroese literature and cultural prizes: Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs (Tórshavn City Council's Children's Books Prize) in 1984, Faroese Literature Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens) in 2006 and Faroese Cultural Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins) in 2008,[3] together with grants from Denmark and Sweden. Some of her books were written in Danish and some in Faroese. She was most active as a translator, having rendered around a hundred books into Danish from English, German, Faroese, Swedish and Norwegian.[4]

  1. ^ Dalsgaard, Marjun (21 May 2015). "Ebba Hentze deyð" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. ^ "in.fo - Ebba Hentze deyð". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  3. ^ MMR.fo - The Faroese Ministry of Culture Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Rit.fo Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (The Faroese Writer's Association