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2020-12-12 ¦ Publications
We close 2020 with excellent news: The Guardian has included Memoirs of a Basque Cow (Dedalus, 2020), the English translation of Behi euskaldun baten memoriak, on its list of the year's best books.
Praise for Atxaga's latest—and last novel— "Casas y tumbas" (Alfaguara, 2020)
2020-06-17 ¦ Publications
Following the publication of "Casas y tumbas" in February, we took a look at the press, interviews and literary reviews about the novel.
"The Accordionist's Son" published in Japan
2020-06-07 ¦ Publications
The Japanese translation of Bernardo Atxaga's acclaimed book, The Accordionist's Son, has just been released.
"Obabakoak" (Atxaga, 1988) among the 10 of the best novels set in Spain
2020-05-21 ¦ Press
The Guardian has included Hemingway, Cervantes and Atxaga in its list of 10 of the best novels set in Spain.
"Memoirs of a Basque Cow" has been published in the United Kingdom
2020-03-20 ¦ Publications
One of Bernardo Atxaga's best-known works, Memoirs of a Basque Cow, has just been published in English by Dedalus (Dedalus, 2020).
"Adam & Life", by Amaia Gabantxo #basquevideopoems #NationalPoetryMonth
2020-03-13 ¦ Videopoem
A basque video-poem, by Amaia Gabantxo.
The play Bi - Storie di Obaba debuts in Italy with great success
2020-03-10 ¦ Theatre
The Nuovo Teatri Sanitá company has just debuted a play based on Bernardo Atxaga’s novel Two Brothers (Bi anai, Erein, 1985). Following its successful opening run in Naples, the play is moving to Milan.
"Casas y tumbas" listed among the literary highlights of 2020 by RTVE.
2020-03-10 ¦ Publications
The year 2020, which has just begun, will bring with it many anticipated literary releases, including Casas y tumbas by Bernardo Atxaga, which RTVE has included on its list of featured publications for this year.
Special edition of Obabakoak (Alfaguara, 2019), with illustrations by Marta Cárdenas
2020-03-10 ¦ Publications
Alfaguara has just published a special edition of Obabakoak.
Bernardo Atxaga receives the 2019 National Prize for Spanish Literature
2019-12-10 ¦ Prizes
Bernardo Atxaga has been awarded the National Prize for Spanish Literature 2019 for "his fundamental contribution to the modernization and international dissemination of the Basque and Spanish languages," according to the jury.