Laura Mintegi
Laura Mintegi Lakarra (born October 26, 1955) is a Basque author, politician and a professor at the University of the Basque Country. Although she was born in Navarre, she moved to Biscay at an early age and has lived there ever since; first in Bilbao and later in Algorta.
She has a degree in History and a PhD in Psychology. She has been a professor at the University of the Basque Country since 1981, where she teaches in the Department of Didactics for Language and Literature. She was the director of this Department from 1999 to 2006, and retook the job again in 2010. Besides that, she has been the president of the Basque PEN Club since 2004. Euskaltzaindia (the official academy of Basque language) named her correspondent in 2006.[1]
She was won several literary awards, for instance, the “Azkue Nobela Saria”, the “Donostia Hiria Saria” and the “Jon Mirande Saria”. She has also been a judge for other awards, such as the “Certámen de Narrativa María Maeztu”, the Grant “Joseba Jaka”, the “Rikardo Arregi Kazetaritza Saria” and the “René Cassin Human Rights” Award. She is a usual collaborator in the media, both in the audiovisual media (in TV stations like ETB, and in radio stations like , Egin Irratia, , and ) and the written media (Anaitasuna, Argia, Susa, Ttu-ttuá, Egin, Euskaldunon Egunkaria, Gara, Berria, Jakin, and many others).
Narrative[]
- (1983, Erein)
Novels[]
- (1986, Susa): Republish in Elkarlanean 1999
- (1991, Elkar)
- (1994, Txalaparta)
- (2001, Txalaparta)
- Ecce homo (2006, Txalaparta)
Essay[]
- ' (1999, UPV/EHU)
Biography[]
- (1988, Eusko Jaurlaritza)
Translations[]
- La topera in...Antologia de la Narrativa Vasca Actual (1986, ) (Translated to Spanish)
- Mole Hole in... Contemporary Basque Fiction (1990, University of Nevada, Reno) (Translated to English)
- Sisifo enamorado (2003, Txalaparta) (Translated to Spanish)
- Nerea and I (2005, Peter Lang, New York) (Translated to English)[2]
- Ecce homo (2007, ONCE) (Printed in Basque in braille)
- Ecce homo (2009, Txalaparta) (Translated to Spanish)
- Sisyphus verliefd (2011, , Amsterdam) (Translated to Dutch)
- Ecce homo (2012, , Bonn) (Translated to German)
External links[]
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- (in Basque) Subjektibitatea nobelagintzan. Stephen Crane-ren "The Red Badge of Courage"
- (in English) Laura Mintegi Basque Literature
References[]
- ^ Basque Literature. "Laura Mintegi". Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ Mintegi, Laura (2005). Nerea and I. New York: Peter Lang publishing. ISBN 0820474495.
- 1955 births
- Basque novelists
- Basque women writers
- EH Bildu politicians
- Living people
- People from Navarre
- University of the Basque Country faculty
- Basque-language writers
- University of the Basque Country alumni