About Kristian Osvald Viderø
Lived 1906 – 1991 (aged 84). Kristian Osvald Viderø was a Danish poet, translator, writer, bible translator, lutheran pastor and theologian.
Kristian Osvald Viderø (27 May 1906 – 8 April 1991) was a Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator. In 1985 he won the Faroese Literature Prize for his works.
Biography Viderø was born in Skálavík. After theological studies in Denmark, he oversaw the completion of a translation of the Old Testament into the Faroese language, which Jákup Dahl had worked on until his death in 1944. He was the parish priest of Hattarvík from 1965 to 1969. He died in Copenhagen. Viderø was commemorated on a Faroese postage stamp in a series on Faroese Bible translators in June 2007.
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Faroese poet (1906-1991)
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Kristian Osvald Viderø was born on 27 May 1906 in Skálavík.
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Kristian Osvald Viderø died on 8 April 1991 in Copenhagen.
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Kristian Osvald Viderø was a poet, translator, writer, bible translator, lutheran pastor and theologian.
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Kristian Osvald Viderø was Danish.
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