Rakel Helmsdal

Rakel Helmsdal (born 25 September 1966) is a Faroese writer. Her mother is the Faroese poet Guðrið Helmsdal and her father the wood artist Ole Jakob Nielsen. Rakel was born in Tårnby, Amager, Denmark, but has lived in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands for most of her life. She lived for five years in France, where she wrote four of her books. She teaches creative writing.

Together with Áslaug Jónsdóttir from Iceland and Kalle Güettler from Sweden, she has written a series of books about the little and the big monster.

Helmsdal was president of the Faroese writer's association Rithøvundafelag Føroya from 2009 to 2011.

Helmsdal has created her own marionette theatre, which she calls Karavella Marionett-Theatre. Provided by Wikipedia