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2017-10-09 ¦ Prizes
This past weekend the award ceremony was held for the 2017 Liberpress prizes, an international prize that is awarded each year by the Regional Council of Girona, Catalonia. Among this year's winners was writer Bernardo Atxaga, who received his prize for "a body of literature that is filled with sensitivity, originality and richness."
40th anniversary of the "Pott group"
2017-09-12 ¦ Publications
In 1977 several young men gathered in Bilbao and created the literary group called "Pott". The experience lasted only 3 years, but it revolutionized Basque literature. This year is the 40th anniversary of the group made up of Atxaga, Sarrionandia, Ordorika, Juaristi, Iturralde and Ertzilla.
Warm reception for "Nevada Days"
2017-09-12 ¦ Publications
Published this past June, “Nevada Days”, the English translation of Días de Nevada (Pamiela, 2013), has been praised by readers and critics alike. Here are some of the accolades received.
Debut of the play "Lu eta Le", a look into the universe of Lourdes Iriondo and Xabier Lete
2016-12-06 ¦ Theatre
Donostia 2016 and Ados Teatro present Lu eta Le, a play written by Bernardo Atxaga, directed by Garbi Losada and with music by Juan Carlos Pérez. The work gives us a look into the world of Xabier Lete and Lourdes Iriondo.
"Correspondencias" contains the letters exchanged between Bernardo Atxaga and Bashkim Shehu
2016-12-02 ¦ Publications
As part of the Chekhov vs. Shakespeare program sponsored by Donostia San Sebastían 2016, different writers exchanged letters over the course of a few months earlier in the year, reflecting on literature, conflict, and the role of the writer. These correspondences have been published in a series of volumes, one of which includes the epistolary relationship between Bernardo Atxaga and Albanian writer Bashim Shehu. The letters are published by Erein under the title Correspondencias.
Atxaga and Muguruza present their album "Harriaren hiztegia"
2016-11-30 ¦ Music
Music label Mara-mara has just released "Harriaren hiztegia", an album of nine songs aimed at children, with lyrics by Bernardo Atxaga and music by Jabier Muguruza.
Issue no. 10 of the literary magazine "Erlea" now available
2016-11-29 ¦ Publications
The literary magazine Erlea, led by Bernardo Atxaga and published by Euskaltzaindia, celebrates its tenth issue. In this edition, the thread running throughout the issue is the theater.
"Obaba" among the 100 most important fictional worlds in history.
2016-09-22 ¦ Publications
Literary Wonderlands, about to be released by Black Dog & Leventhal, is a collection of the 100 greatest fictional universes in world literature. Among them is the fictional world of Obaba, created by Bernardo Atxaga.
The lost tango finally sees light
2016-09-22 ¦ Publications
Lumen Press has just put out an unpublished work by Jorge Luis Borges titled The Tango: Four Lectures (Lumen, 2016). The volume contains a series of lectures given by Borges in 1965, in which he spoke about the tango, his youth, Buenos Aires and Argentina. Nobody knew about these lectures until the year 2002, when Bernardo Atxaga received some old recordings from a friend. These recordings were nothing more and nothing less than the four lectures given by Borges, and now they are available to the public in this volume.
"Séjour au Nevada", the French edition of “Días de Nevada”, has just been published
2016-05-24 ¦ Publications
The French edition of Días de Nevada has just been published by Editions Christian Bourgois.
