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Type: Paperbook, Audiobooks
Authors: Rasmus Rasmussen
Categories: Novels
Origin country: Faroe Islands
Cover: Bárður Jákupsson
Making up: Sonja Kjølbro
ISBN: 978-99918-71-73-8
Date of publication : 12. January 2011
Pages: 226
Cover: Heft bók

Bábelstornið

Rasmus Rasmussen

"The Tower of Babel" is the first novel written in the Faroese language. The book was released in 1909, but prior to that it could be found in “Tingakrossur” as a serial story under the title “Ættarbregi”.

 
"The Tower of Babel" is a political family saga that depicts the households on two estates over a period of three generations. The novel can also be seen as a biography of the nationalist movement, which came to light during the second half of the nineteenth century.
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About the author Rasmus Rasmussen

1871-1962 Rasmussen, also known as Regin í Líð, was born in Miðvágur. In Denmark, he studied at two folk high-schools (Vallekilde and Askov) from 1892 to 1898 and received a degree in teaching in 1899.

In 1899 he founded the Faroese Folk High School with Símum av Skarði, where he taught for 48 years, retiring in 1947.

In 1907, he and Anton Degn founded The Faroese Literature Society, which published Faroese books for a few years.

His Bábelstornið (The Tower of Babel) was the first novel published in Faroese. It was released in 1909.

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