Curriculum Vitae

The author of several books, including Bi anai (1985; in English, Two Brothers, 2001), Obabakoak (1988, Euskadi Prize, Spanish National Award for Narrative, finalist for the IMPAC European Literary Award; in English, 1992), Gizona bere bakardadean (1993; in English, The Lone Man, 1996), Zeru horiek (1995; in English, The Lone Woman, 1999), Soinujolearen semea (2003, Grinzane Cavour Award, Mondello Prize, Times Literary Supplement Translation Prize; in English, The Accordionist's Son, 2007) and Zazpi etxe Frantzian (2009, longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; in English, Seven Houses in France, 2011). His books have been translated into thirty-two languages.