Katixa Agirre

Katixa Agirre
Katixa Agirre
Born	(1980-10-27) October 27, 1980 (age 44) Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Occupation	Writer
Alma mater	University of the Basque Country

Katixa Agirre Miguelez (born October 27, 1980) is a Basque writer. ^[1]

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Agirre studied at the University of the Basque Country, receiving a bachelor's degree in audiovisual communication in 2003, a master's degree in screenwriting, then a doctoral degree in audiovisual communication in 2010. Her thesis analyzed the representations of the Lolita myth in Hollywood films. She then did postdoctoral work, including stints at Queen Mary University of London and the University of East Anglia. Since 2013, she has taught at the Universidad del Pais Vasco.^{[ citation needed ]}

Published mainly in her native Basque language, Agirre's written works include the short story collections Sua falta zaigu (2007), Habitat (2009) and the children's books Paularen seigarren atzamarra, Ez naiz sirena bat, eta zer? and Patzikuren problemak. Additionally, Agirre writes for media outlets such as Diario de Noticias de Álava, Deia, Aizu! and Argia. In 2015, she published her first novel Atertu arte Itxaron? (Elkar, 2015), which won the Premio 111 Akademia. A road novel, this book has been translated into Spanish, Danish and Bulgarian. In 2018, Agirre published another novel Amek ez dute (Elkar). ^{[2] [3]}

In 2020, she was named as one of the most promising young writers in Spain by the 10 de 30 project of the AECID.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2024 a film titled Salve Maria based on her novel Mother's Don't was directed by Mar Coll. The film made it to the Main Competition of 77th Locarno Film Festival. ^[4]

Awards and honors

• 2015 Premio 111 Akademia for Amek ez dute idazten ^[5]
• 2016 XVI Beca de Novela Agustín Zubikarai from the Ondarroa City Council and Elkar for Amek ez dute idazten ^{[6] [7]}

Publications

Books

• Habitat (in Basque). Elkar. 2009. ISBN   978-84-97836-71-5.
• Orgasmus (in Basque). Txalaparta. 2010. ISBN   978-84-81366-00-6.
• Atertu arte itxaron (in Basque). Elkar. 2015. ISBN   978-84-90273-58-6.
• Los turistas desganados (in Basque). Elkar. 2015. ISBN   9788490273586.
• Amek ez dute (in Basque). Elkar. 2018. ISBN   978-84-90278-08-6. ^[8]
• Las madres no (in Catalan). Editorial Transito. 2019. ISBN   978-84-94909-55-9.
• Berriz zentauro (in Basque). Elkar. 2022. ISBN   978-84-13602-05-9.

Children's books

Amaia Lapitz series

1. Amaia Lapitz eta erregina gorriaren hilobia (in Basque). Illustrated by Alex Orbe Ferreiro. 2010.
2. Amaia Lapitz eta Didoren ermandade sekretua (in Basque). Illustrated by Alex Orbe Ferreiro. 2013.
3. Amaia Lapitz eta Festoseko diskoa (in Basque). Illustrated by Alex Orbe Ferreiro. Elkar. 2021. ISBN   9788413600987.

Contributions

• Telezailak: Nork esan zuen telebistak tontotu egiten duela? (in Basque). Txalaparta. 2011. ISBN   978-84-15313-01-4.
• Emekiro. Verhalen van jonge schrijfsters uit Baskenland (in Dutch). Zirimiri Press. 2011. ISBN   9789490042028.
• Vírgenes catódicas, putas recalcitrantes (in Catalan). Txalaparta. 2015. ISBN   978-84-16350-11-7.
• El otro Oeste: Siete ensayos desde las fronteras del western (in Catalan). Episkaia. 2021. ISBN   9788494922374.
• Borradores del futuro (in Catalan). Consonni. 2023. ISBN   9788419490179.

References

1. Lacey, Catherine (2022-07-07). "The Cultural Dread of the Bad Mother". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-08-16.
2. "Libros de Katixa Agirre Miguelez. Biografía y bibliografía". www.txalaparta.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
3. "Profesorado - Doctorado - UPV/EHU". Doctorado (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
4. Coll, Mar (10 July 2024). "Salve Maria". Cineuropa . Retrieved 26 July 2024.
5. "Katixa Agirre, ganadora del premio de 111 Akademia". EITB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
6. "La escritora Katixa Agirre gana la XVI Beca de Novela Agustín Zubikarai". Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). 2016-10-24. Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
7. Vasca, EiTB Radio Televisión Pública. "La escritora vitoriana Katixa Agirre, premio Agustín Zubikarai". www.eitb.eus (in European Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
8. Lacey, Catherine (2022-07-07). "The Cultural Dread of the Bad Mother". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-12-31.