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Rakel Helmsdal (born 25 September 1966 in Tårnby, Amager, Denmark, has been living in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands for most of her life) is a Faroese writer. For a 5-year peroid she lived in France where she wrote four of her books. She is also teaching creative writing.
She has been writing a series of books about the little and the big monster together with Icelandic Áslaug Jónsdóttir and Swedish Kalle Güettler. Their books are now published in 13 languages.
Her first childrens novel: Tey kalla meg bara Hugo, has been translated into Norwegian. The books have been published in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Sweden, France, Finland, Spain and Norway. Helmsdal has created her own marionett-theatre, Karavella Marionett-Theatre.
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30. Salon du Livres sett

Ein troyttur, men væl undirhildin høvundur er nú aftur á sínum fína hotelli og Salon du Livres er væl sett.

Um 5 tíðina var eg saman við grønlendska høvundanum Kristian Olsen aaju og danska Jakob Martin Strid (hann sum hevur skrivað "Lítli froskur") sett í ein hýruvogn saman við nøkrum av teimum frá Kunststyrelsen, sum eru við til at skipað fyri hesum stóra tiltakinum.
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	Nei! segði lítla skrímsl by Rakel Helmsdal (Goodreads Author), Áslaug Jónsdóttir (author, illustrator), Kalle Güettler 3.99 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dziewczyna, która wiosłowała w stronę tęczy by Rakel Helmsdal (Goodreads Author), Kinga Eysturland (Translator) 2.95 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kui kõmiseb kõu by Rakel Helmsdal (Goodreads Author), Andry Arro (Translator) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kjarr by Rakel Helmsdal (Goodreads Author), Kathrina Skarðsá (illustrator) 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tey kalla meg bara Hugo 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hvørjum flenna likkurnar at, Hugo? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Kom yvirum, Hugo 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gott hugflog, Hugo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miljuløtur 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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