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Katixa Aguirre

Katixa Aguirre Kike Garpe

Dialogue between Professor Gorka Mercero (University of Liverpool) and the Basque author Katixa Aguirre.

Katixa Agirre (Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1981) made her debut in Basque literature with the short story collection Sua falta zaigu (Elkar, 2007), followed by Habitat (Elkar, 2009). After numerous works of children’s and young adult literature, she published her first novel in 2015, Atertu arte Itxaron (Elkar, 2015), a road novel which won the 111 Akademia Prize, and was translated into four other languages, including Spanish as Los turistas desganados (Pre-textos, 2017). Thanks to the Augustin Zubikarai grant, she published her novel Amek ez dute/Mothers Don’t– a worldwide success translated into nine languages, including English by Open Letter in North America and 3TimesRebel in the UK. This novel is currently being adapted to the screen by Catalan director Mar Coll. She published her last novel, Berriz Zentauro in September 2022. This work can be found in Spanish (De nuevo centauro, Tránsito) and Catalan (De nou centaure, Segona Periferia).

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