Bernardo Atxaga
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Bernardo Atxaga (born 27 July 1951), pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.
He is a full member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language since 2006,[1] in November 2010, he was also named a member of Jakiunde, Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.[2]
Biography
Atxaga was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain in 1951. He received a diploma in economics from the university of Bilbao, and studied philosophy at the university of Barcelona. He worked as an economist, bookseller, professor of the Basque language, publisher, and radio scriptwriter until 1980, when he dedicated himself completely to writing.
His first text was published in 1972,[3] in an anthology of Basque authors. His first short story, Ziutateaz ("About The City"), was published in 1976. His first collection of poetry, Etiopia ("Ethiopia"), appeared in 1978. He has written plays, song lyrics, novels and short stories. His book of short stories, Obabakoak ("Individuals and things of Obaba"), published in 1988, won him much fame and several prizes, such as Spain's National Literature Prize. So far, the book has been translated into more than 20 languages.
Atxaga generally writes in the Basque language, Euskara, but translates his works into Spanish as well. Following the example of Obabakoak, several of his other works have been translated into other languages.
Novels
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (1988) (English language edition, translated by Margaret Jull Costa, published in 1992 by Hutchinson, London)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Memoirs of a Basque Cow", Pamiela, 1991)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Pamiela, 1993; "The Lone Man", English version by Margaret Jull Costa, Harvill 1996)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (1996; "The Lone Woman", English version by Margaret Jull Costa, Harvill, 1999)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2003; "The Accordionist's Son", English version by Margaret Jull Costa, Harvill Secker, 2007)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2009; "Seven Houses in France", English version by Margaret Jull Costa, Harvill Secker, 2011)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2012); "The Fighter", English version by Amaia Gabantxo, Etxepare Basque Institute
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2014); "Nevada Days", English version by Margaret Jull Costa, published 2018 by Graywolf Press)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2019); "Houses and Tombs"
Short stories
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Two Brothers", Erein, 1985)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ( "Two letters", Erein, 1985)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Henry bengoa inventarium. When the Snake looks at the Birds, The Lone Woman", Erein, 1995)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("The Man Named Sara", Pamiela, 1996)
Poetry
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Ethiopia", Pott, 1978),
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("New Ethiopia", Detursa, 1997)
Children's books
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Chuck Aranberri At a Dentist", Erein, 1985)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Adventures of Nicholas, Ramuntxo Detective", Elkar 1979)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Stories and Songs of Siberia", Erein)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Elkar)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Erein, 1995),
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Xola and the Wild Boars", Erein 1996) - won the Basque Children's Literature Prize en 1997
- Script error: No such module "Lang". ("The World and Markoni", BBK fundazioa, 1995)
Other works
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (1976)
- 'Script error: No such module "Lang". (2005)
See also
References
Bibliography
- José Ángel Ascunce: Bernardo Atxaga. Los demonios personales de un escritor. Donostia-San Sebastián: Saturraran editorial, 2000. Template:ISBN.