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| Born | March 19, 1970 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain |
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| Alma mater | University of the Basque Country |
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Karmele Jaio Eiguren (Vitoria-Gasteiz, March 19, 1970) is a Basque writer and journalist whose works have been translated into Catalan, German, Russian, Spanish, and English. She is the recipient of multiple awards for Amaren eskuak (2006, Elkar) and Aitaren etxea and (Elkar, 2019).
Karmele Jaio Eiguren was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, in 1970. [1]
She graduated in Information Sciences in 1993–94 from the University of the Basque Country. [1]
Since graduation, she has worked in various media outlets. She has been head of communications for the Euskalgintza Elkarlanean Foundation or head of communications for Emakunde (Basque Women's Institute). She occasionally publishes columns in media such as Diario de Noticias de Álava , Noticias de Gipuzkoa , and Deia . [1]
She has published stories, novels and poetry. Some of her stories have been adapted for the theatre: director Ramón Barea directed the play Ecografías in 2010, based on the author's story of the same name. Her stories have been published in numerous anthologies and her works have been translated into Catalan, German, Russian, Spanish, and English. Since July 2015, she has been a corresponding academic of Euskaltzaindia, the Royal Academy of the Basque Language. [2]
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