Author Biography

Bárður Oskarsson (1972) is an author and illustrator. He started out as an illutrator for a Faroese Children’s Magazine and the first book he illustratred was one of his grandfather’s in 1992. He published his first book “Dog, Cat and Mouse” in 2004 which he both wrote and illustrated. Oskarsson’s illustrations are unique, they resemble cartoon illustrations and clearly convey moods and atmospheres in a tiny wink or movement. “The flat rabbit” his book from 2011 has won him several international literature prizes and has been translated into about 20 different languages. Oskarsson received the Nordic Council Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize in 2018 for his book “The Tree” from 2017.