Luisa
Etxenike (San Sebastián, Spain)
Has published the following novels: El detective de sonidos (2011), El ángulo ciego (Euskadi Literary
Award 2009), Los peces negros (2005), Vino (2000), El mal más grave (1997) and Efectos secundarios (1996), and the short story collections Ejercicios de duelo (2001), and La historia de amor de Margarita Maura (1990).
Her short stories have been included in numerous
anthologies, the most recent: Un deseo propio. Antología de
escritoras españolas contemporáneas, edited by
Inmaculada Pertusa y Nancy Vosbrug.
She has translated from French the works of
Jacques Roubaud (Algo negro), Jean-Michel Maulpoix (La cabeza de Paul Verlaine) and Claude Lanzmann (Alguien vivo pasa).
She teaches creative writing workshops at the
Cultural Center Ernest LLuch (San Sebastián, Spain) and at the University of
the Basque Country (Bilbao). She also teaches courses on “Theory of Narration”
and “Gender Studies” for the University of the Basque Country (Aula de la
Experiencia, Bilbao).
She is the coordinator of the International Encounter of Women Writers
that takes place annually in San Sebastian since 1988.
In 1999 she was an International Visiting Scholar
at Columbia University’s Spanish Graduate Program, where she taught courses in
contemporary Spanish literature.
In 2007 she was awarded the distintion of Chevalier d’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
by the French Government as a recognition for her outstanding work in the
fields of art and literature.
In 2012, San Sebastian’s municipal government
awarded her the Medalla al Mérito
Ciudadano (Medal for Exemplary Citizenship).
Among her
hobbies are bird watching and archery.
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