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2012-03-09 ¦ Prizes
Booktrust has just released its list of the 15 works of fiction nominated for "Foreign Fiction Prize". This prize is one of the most widely recognized prizes for non-English fiction, and for the first time a novel originally written in Basque —Bernardo Atxaga's "Seven Houses in France"— has made the list.
Re-release of Mémoires d'une vache
2012-02-29 ¦ Publications
A new French edition of "Behi euskaldun baten memoriak" ("Memoires of a Basque Cow") was published this past January ("Mémoires d'une vache". La Joie de Lire, 2012).
Bernardo Atxaga's newest novel, "The Fighter", has just been released.
2012-02-06 ¦ Publications
Etxepare Euskal Institutua/Etxepare Basque Institute, has just published its first two books, one of which is the latest novel by writer Bernardo Atxaga, published in three languages: Basque ("Borrokaria"), Spanish ("El luchador") and English ("The Fighter").
Bernardo Atxaga in "Cuadernos de Narrativa"
2012-02-01 ¦ Publications
The latest volume of "Cuadernos de Narrativa" gathers the texts of the various papers presented at the 2009 International Colloquium on Bernardo Atxaga, which took place March 23-25 at the University of Neuchâtel as part of the "Grand Séminaire de Neuchâtel". The volume's authors are Irene Andres-Suárez and Antonio Rivas Bonillo.
Warm reception for the novel "Seven Houses in France"
2011-11-29 ¦ Publications
"Seven Houses in France", the English version of "Zazpi etxe Frantzian", was released at the beginning of November and has been receiving positive reviews in the UK press. This is the sixth novel by Bernardo Atxaga published in English.
Atxaga on the BBC
2011-11-10 ¦ Press
Bernardo Atxaga's latest novel will be one of the topics on the upcoming "Saturday Review" program, which will be broadcast this Saturday on BBC Radio 4 and available on the web.
The Bernardo Atxaga Chair at CUNY
2011-09-09 ¦ University
The events celebrating the inauguration of the Bernardo Atxaga Chair at City University of New York begin this afternoon. The new Chair will be focused on the study of Basque literature.
Obabakoak now available in Korean
2011-09-09 ¦ Publications
This past August saw the release of the latest edition of "Obabakoak", this time in Korean by publisher Hyundae Munhak.
Atxaga publishes the fourth book chronicling the adventures of Shola the dog
2011-05-30 ¦ Publications
Atxaga publishes "Xola eta Ameriketako izeba" (Shola and the Aunt from America), the fourth book chronicling the adventures of Shola the dog.
Interview with Atxaga on Canada's CBC radio
2011-05-19 ¦ Press
Bernardo Atxaga recently appeared on a program called Writers & Company, hosted by Canadian writer Eleanor Wachtel on CBC radio. The interview is now available on the Internet.
