Anjel Lertxundi will be awarded at the Irun Literature Awards
On 22 November, starting at 7.30 p.m., the Kutxa Foundation will host the 46th edition of the Irun Literature Awards at the Irun Conservatory, where theliterary career of Anjel Lertxundi will be rewarded, in recognition of the Itinerary Award, by a jury composed of the Association of Basque Publishers (EVE), the Association of Basque Writers (EIE), the Association of Translators and Interpreters (EIZIE).
Anjel Lertxundi has cultivated all fields of literature: novels, stories, translations, newspaper articles and columns, essays and children's and youth literature. In 1970 he published his first book, Hunik arratsats artean, and in 2024, the dictionary of Berbelitz.
He has collaborated with the press, has also been a film director (he adapted his book for cinema in the sixteenth century) and has also worked as a television screenwriter.
He won the National Prize for Criticism in 1983 and 1991 for his works Sixteenth Aid and Captain Fracasa . In 1999 he received the Basque Prize for Wax Days and in 2010 the Spanish National Essay Prize for Papers of Experience . In 2010 he received the Rosalía de Castro Prize for his literary career.
Irun Literature Award
During the event, the winners of the four modalities of the contest will be awarded: Garazi Kamio Anduaga for his novel Moebiusen Ertzak in Basque; Karlos Linazasoro Izagirre for his work Bazterutzietan in the section of poetry in Basque; Mario Marini for his novel CMYK in Spanish; and Marina Casado for his work Un mar que nadie mira in Spanish.
In addition to these works, the jury made special mention of the novel by Txema García-Viana , Viana, Viana, Viana, in Euskera, and Las Heras, by Maite López, Oren hila, in Basque poetry.
You might like
The Spanish Critics Association will reward Eider Rodriguez and Ane Zubeldia
The Guipuzcoan writers have won awards in Basque, Rodriguez in the narrative section for "Everything was the same hole" and Zubeldia in poetry for "Kontra".
Professional Day To End Sara's Writers' Conference
The literary meeting point, which began on April 5, ends today on a day dedicated to professionals, this year paying tribute to the writer, professor, researcher and militant in Baigorri, Marikita Tambourin, and the writer, researcher and anthropologist of Zuberoa Anne-Marie Lagarde.
Musician and writer Jabier Muguruza publishes his first novel, "Café Mokka"
The novel offers "an intimate and ironic first-person account from the everyday life of a cafeteria. Café Mokka becomes a sociocultural observatory where customer conversations and everyday situations reflect the contradictions, tendencies and changes of society."
They'll take the literature back to the square in Oiartzun
From 9 to 28 March, the Plaza de la Literatura will be held in Oiartzun for the fourth time, and the organizers have scheduled eight appointments on Basque literature, 1545.
Women writers gain presence: feminism brings new voices, new bodies and new themes
Feminism has brought about profound changes in recent years, including in literature, bringing new themes, looks, voices, bodies and narratives. Half a century ago, there were few women writers, and they were relegated to the background.
António Lobo Antunes Portuguese writer dies
The great name of Portuguese literature, collector and secretary of the unconscious and memory, was 83 years old.
The Gutun Zuria festival will reward the Gerediaga Association and Valerie Miles
Today, Tuesday, begins the literary festival in Bilbao, which will last until the 28th. This year he will offer honorary awards to the Gerediaga Association, the Durango Fair organizer, and the American writer and editor Valerie Miles.
Euskaltzaindia and the EIE have signed an agreement to help young writers
Euskaltzaindia and the Association of Basque Writers have concluded a four-year agreement whereby Euskaltzaindia will provide two annual courses to EIE partners, convene scholarships and launch a mentoring program. Andres Urrutia, president of Euskaltzaindia, Mikel Ayllón, member of the board of directors of the EIE, and Mira Agur Meabe, writer and secretary of Euskaltzaindia, participated in the signing.
The White Letter will put the word back at the center in its 19th edition
Bernardo Atxaga, Alana S. Portero, Karmele Jaio, Layla Martínez, Harkaitz Cano, Mario Obrero, Mira Agur Meabe and other writers will participate in the Bilbao International Festival of Letters.
Xabier Montoia presents his novel "Peace, Peace"
Inazio Osa, a 43-year-old Donostiarra, will experience a catastrophe when her mother dies, "but soon she will learn that she is very wrong, for even in the greatest of disasters it is always possible to fall down the hole, and even greater misfortunes will come."