Heðin Brú

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Heðin Brú


Born
in Skálavík, Faroe Islands
August 17, 1901

Died
May 18, 1987


Heðin Brú was the pen-name of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator. Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generation and is known for his fresh and ironic style. His novel, Feðgar á ferð, was chosen as the Book of the twentieth century by the Faroese.

Average rating: 3.71 · 751 ratings · 93 reviews · 14 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Old Man and His Sons

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3.70 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 1940 — 14 editions
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Lognbrá

3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1930 — 3 editions
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Men lívið lær

4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions
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Fastatøkur

3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1935 — 2 editions
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Leikum fagurt

3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions
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Vieremä

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3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1989
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Tað stóra takið

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1979
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Purkhús

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1979
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Búravnurin

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979
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Fjallaskuggin

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1936
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“Perhaps I don't express myself very well. But you all demand so much from life--you're never satisfied. In the old days, a poor man was content if he had something to eat and a roof over his head. Nowadays, everything has to be so high-and-mighty. Everything you set your minds on, you have to have, whether you can afford it or not.... And everyone's up to their eyebrows in debt... A fat lot of use it is having schools, books and I don't know what! In the old days we used to be a lot more reasonable.”
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