Alejandro Morellón, Maialen and Joxe Mari Berasategi, Miren Billelabeitia and Ander Izagirre, awarded
Basque language irakurri: Alejandro Morellon, Maialen eta Joxe Mari Berasategi, Miren Billelabeitia eta Ander Izagirre, saridunak
The Minister of Culture and Linguistic Policy, Bingen Zupiria, announced this morning the names of the four winners of the Euskadi Literature Awards that remained to be announced. In an appearance held at the Artium Museum in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the names of the authors awarded the Euskadi Literature Awards in the categories of Literature in Spanish, Literary Translation into Basque, Essay in Basque and Essay in Spanish: Alejandro Morellón, The worst possible scenario; Maialen Berasategi and Joxe Mari Berasategi, Paradisua; Look at Billelabeitia, Norberak maite duena and Ander Izagirre, Return to the country of Elkano.
The names of the other three people awarded at this year’s Euskadi Literature Awards were announced last week: Arantxa Urretabizkaia will receive the award for Azken Etxea in the Basque Literature category, Patxi Zubizarreta in the Children’s and Youth Literature category Zerria and Joseba Larratxe in the Literary Work Illustration by Not even born Mikel Laboa.
For the jury, The worst possible scenarioof Alejandro Morellónit is a clear and fun book, “a joyful read”. Edurne Portela, Juan Infante, Aixa de la Cruz, Jesús Camarero and Patricia Millán have formed the jury for the Spanish Literature category.
On the other hand, the jury composed of Xabier Olarra, José Manuel López, Koldo Biguri, Arantxa Etxebarria and Idoia Gillenea has decided to award this year’s Literary Translation into Basque prize Maialen Berasategi and Joxe Mari Berasategi. The translation into Basque of the work of Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah Paradise It is for the members of the jury “a sweet reading textfar enough away from mechanical translation”.
In the Essay in Basque modality, the jury considers that the book of Look at Billelabeitia Norberak maite duena “defends the pleasure and importance of reading and proposes, through dialogic methodology, to transfer the classics to the topics of the day, interact with young people and draw the attention of young readers.” The jury was made up of Ane Miren Larrinaga, Nekane Goikoetxea, Ainhoa Novo, Juan Ramón Makuso and Xabier Aierdi.
Finally, regarding the fourth prize, the Euskadi Prize for Essay in Spanish, the jury considers that The return to the country of Elkanoof Ander Izagirrecombines in writing “historical inquiry with a casual language with a sense of humor that brings the characters and historical adventures closer to those who read the work.” The jury was María Jesús Pando, Iñigo Marauri, María Pilar Rodríguez, María Gorosarri and Mikel Reparaz.
Source: Eitb
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