Rails and spokes # 61158

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Rails and speech. Yrkingar by Karsten Hoydal.
Karsten Hoydal was the son of Dánjal Hoydal, born Joensen from Sandi and Ata, born Magnussen from Kvívík. He was married to Marie Louise, born Falk-Rønne. Together they had a son Egil, a daughter Annika and twins Gunnar and Kjartan. Well-known grandchildren are Høgni (son of Kjartan) and Dánial (son of Gunnar).

Hoydal was an agronomist and fisherman in Klaksvík. From 1954 to 1957 he worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Manta, Ecuador. He was a friend of Pablo Neruda and his translator into Faroese. Hoydal was an honorary member of the Brazilian writers' association Uniao Brasileiro de Escritores.

Hoydal made his debut in 1946 and subsequently wrote three collections of poetry. He also wrote the prose collection Leikapettið in 1971, from which the short story Vaktarmaðurin was translated into German in 2006. In 1961 and 1988 he was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize. He was also editor of the literary magazine Varðins.

As a politician, Hoydal was one of the founders of the Faroese Nationalist Party, a republican party that sought to separate the Faroe Islands from Denmark. As a minister, he was a member of the Faroese government from 1963 to 1967 and as a member of the Løgting from 1966 to 1970.

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