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Luisa Etxenike
BornSan Sebastián Spain
OccupationWriter, Professor of Creative Writing
LanguageSpanish, French and English
NationalitySpanish
Notable awardsPremio Euskadi de Literatura (2009)

Luisa Etxenike (born on 10 July 1957, San Sebastián, Spain) is an author from the Basque Country[1]. 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]. In 2009, Etxenike received the Basque literary award ''Premio Euskadi de Literatura''[3] for her novel El ángulo ciego[4]. Fluent in Spanish, French and English, she has translated the works of several French authors, including the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann[5].

She organises local writing workshops[6] [7], has directed an annual women’s literary festival in San Sebastián (Un mundo de escritoras)[8] since 1987 formally known as Encuentro de escritoras[9], and is the founder and director of the online cultural platform, Canal Europa[10].

In 2013 she was awarded the Medalla al Mérito Ciudadano[11], (Medal for Exemplary Citizenship) from the City of San Sebastián.

Honours and Awards

Honours

  • Medalla al Mérito Ciudadano, City of San Sebastian, (Spain, 2013)

Literary

  • Premio Euskadi de Literatura, awarded for the novel El ángulo ciego, (Spain, 2009)
  • Premio Juan Antonio Zunzunegui[12], awarded for the novel Silverio Girón y otros cuentos, (Spain, 1982)

Theatre

  • Premio de Teatro Antonio Buero Vallejo[13] awarded for the play La herencia, (Spain, 2016)

Journalism

  • Premio Emakunde a la Igualdad[14], awarded for her articles on women’s issues in El País, by the Basque Institute for Women, (Spain, 2004)
  • Premio Emakunde de Comunicación[15], awarded for her articles on women’s issues in El Mundo, by the Basque Institute for Women, (Spain, 1998)

Bibliography

Novels

  • 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

Plays

  • Gernika es ahora (Radio theatre, Cadena Ser, 2017)[16]
  • La herencia (Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara, 2016)—Premio de Teatro Antonio Buero Vallejo
  • 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)[17]
  • El Mundo, weekly column on culture and politics (1996 – 2000)

Category:Spanish Women Writers Category:Basque Women Writers Category:1957 Category:San Sebastián

References

  1. ^ "Luisa Etxenike". Asociación de Escritores de Euskadi.
  2. ^ "El País weekly column, 2002-2012". El País.
  3. ^ "Premios Euskadi de literatura". Euskadi. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Luisa Etxenike gana el Euskadi de literatura en castellano". El País. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Base de datos de libros editados en España". Gobierno de España Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Taller de escritura creativa". DonostiaKultura. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Relatos inolvidables. ¿Cómo escribirlos, cómo leerlos?". University of the Basque Country. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Luisa Etxenike, escritora y coordinadora de 'Un mundo de escritoras'". Cadena Ser. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  9. ^ "«La voluntad del Encuentro de Escritoras ha sido siempre abrirse al mundo»". El Diaro Vasco. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Director of Canal Europa". Canal Europa.
  11. ^ "Medalla al mérito ciudadano, Donostia". EITB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  12. ^ "La primera edición del Premio de Novela Zunzunegui, para una donostiarra". El País. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  13. ^ "'La herencia', de Luisa Etxenike, XXXII Premio de Teatro Ciudad de Guadalajara Antonio Buero Vallejo 2016". Gauda News España. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Emakunde premia los artículos de Luisa Etxenike en EL PAÍS". El País. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Boletín Oficial del País Vasco". Euskadi. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  16. ^ "La autora de "Gernika es ahora"". Cadena Ser. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Etxenike's Weekly Column". El Pais.
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