Luisa Etxenike |
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Born | San Sebastián Spain |
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Occupation | Writer |
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Language | Spanish, French and English |
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Nationality | Spanish |
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Notable awards | Premio Euskadi de Literatura (2009) |
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Luisa Etxenike (born 10 July 1957, San Sebastián, Spain) is an author from the Basque Country.[1] She is a recipient of the Premio Euskadi de Literatura and the Medalla al Mérito Ciudadano.
Biography
She has published several novels, short story collections, plays and a poetry collection. She had a weekly column on culture and politics in the Spanish newspaper, El País.[2] Fluent in Spanish, French and English, she has translated the works of several French authors, including the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann[3]
Etxenike organises local writing workshops,[4][5] and has directed an annual women's literary festival in San Sebastián, Un mundo de escritoras[6] since 1987,(formally known as Encuentro de escritoras),[7] and is the founder and director of the online cultural platform, Canal Europa.[8]
Awards
In 2009, Etxenike received the Basque literary award ''Premio Euskadi de Literatura''[9] for her novel El ángulo ciego.[10] In 2013, she was awarded the Medalla al Mérito Ciudadano,[11] (Medal for Exemplary Citizenship) from the City of San Sebastián.
Bibliography
Novels
- Aves del Paraíso (2019)
- Absoluta presencia (2018)
- El detective de sonidos (Libros de Pizarra, 2011) / (Le détective de sons. Naïve Livres Editions, Paris 2014)
- El ángulo ciego (Bruguera, 2009)—Premio Euskadi de literatura
- Los peces negros (Bassarai, 2005)
- Vino (Bassarai, 2003) / (La ravissement de l’été., Robert Laffont Éditions, Paris 2012)
- El mal más grave (Bassarai 1997)
- Efectos secundarios (Bassarai, 1996) / (Effetti Secondari, Edizioni Empirìa, Rome 2000)
- Querida Teresa (La Primitiva Casa Baroja, 1988)
- Silvero Girón y otros cuentos (La Primitiva Casa Baroja, 1982)—Premio Juan Antonio Zunzunegui[12]
Plays
- Gernika es ahora (Radio theatre, Cadena Ser, 2017)[13]
- La herencia (Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara, 2016)—Premio de Teatro Antonio Buero Vallejo[14]
- La entrevista (co-author physicist Gustavo Ariel Schwartz. El Gallo de Oro, 2015)
Poetry
- El arte de la pesca (El Gallo de oro, 2015)
Non-fiction
- Correspondencia con Mircea Cartarescu (Ediciones Erein, 2016)
Short stories collections
- Ejercicios de duelo (Bassarai, 2001)
- La historia de amor de Margarita Maura (La Primitiva Casa Baroja, 1989)
Book translations
- Alguien vivo pasa, Claude Lanzmann (Arena Libros, 2005)
- La cabeza de Paul Verlaine, Jean-Michel Maulpoix (Bassarai, 2004)
- Algo negro, Jacques Roubaud (Bassarai, 2001)
- Después de los campos, la vida, Virginie Linhart (Film documentary, 2013)
Newspaper columns
- El País, weekly column on culture and politics (2002 – 2012)[15]—Premio Emakunde a la Igualdad, 2004[16]
- El Mundo, weekly column on culture and politics (1996 – 2000)—Premio Emakunde de Comunicación, 1998[17]
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