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".
Ane Zubeldia has been awarded the book of poems "Kontra" .Photo: Susa.
The authors Eider Rodriguez and Ane Zubeldia have been awarded the Spanish Association of Literary Critics in sections in Basque. According to the jury of the awards, the book Los ilusionistas by the Madrileño Marcos Giralt Torrente was the best narrative book published in Spanish in 2025.
Pablo García Casado has also received the award for the best book of poetry in Spanish; Fernando Castro Paredes and Lorena Souto in Galician; and Amadeu Fábregat and Sebastia Alzamora in Catalan.
Likewise, the award for the best book in a foreign language has been for "El jardinero y la muerte", by the Bulgarian writer Gueogui Gospodinov, published in Spanish by the publisher Impedimenta, translated by Maria Vutova, and in Catalan by Edicions del Periscopi, translated by Marc Casals.
The jury of these unfunded awards has been composed of 21 literary critics.
Eider Rodriguez 's book Everything Was The Same Hole has earned him the Narrative Section Award, a collection of six stories that, in the jury's words, shows "enormous emotional depth."
As for the poet Ane Zubeldia, the book Kontra has been awarded, since the book published by the publisher Susa has been "a brilliant appearance."
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