Luisa Etxenike


Luisa Etxenike is an author from the Basque Country. She is a recipient of the Premio Euskadi de Literatura and the Medalla al Mérito Ciudadano.
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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. Fluent in Spanish, French and English, she has translated the works of several French authors, including the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann
Etxenike organises local writing workshops, and has directed an annual women's literary festival in San Sebastián, Un mundo de escritoras since 1987,, and is the founder and director of the online cultural platform, Canal Europa.

Awards

In 2009, Etxenike received the Basque literary award Premio Euskadi de Literatura for her novel El ángulo ciego. In 2013, she was awarded the Medalla al Mérito Ciudadano, from the City of San Sebastián.

Novels

Aves del Paraíso Absoluta presencia El detective de sonidos / El ángulo ciego —Premio Euskadi de literaturaLos peces negros Vino / El mal más grave Efectos secundarios / Querida Teresa Silvero Girón y otros cuentos —''Premio Juan Antonio Zunzunegui''

Plays

Gernika es ahora La herencia —Premio de Teatro Antonio Buero Vallejo
  • ''La entrevista''

Poetry

  • ''El arte de la pesca''

Non-fiction

  • ''Correspondencia con Mircea Cartarescu''

Short stories collections

Ejercicios de duelo

Book translations

Alguien vivo pasa, Claude Lanzmann La cabeza de Paul Verlaine, Jean-Michel Maulpoix Algo negro, Jacques Roubaud Después de los campos, la vida, Virginie Linhart

Newspaper columns

El País, weekly column on culture and politics —Premio Emakunde a la Igualdad, 2004El Mundo, weekly column on culture and politics —Premio Emakunde de Comunicación, 1998