Bernardo Atxaga

Bernardo Atxaga (Joseba Irazu Garmendia, Asteasu, Guipúzcoa, 1951) belongs to the young group of Basque writers that began publishing in his mother language, Euskera, in the Seventies. Graduated in Economics for the Bilbao University, he later studied Philosophy at the University of Barcelona. The author of several books, including Bi anai (1985; in English, Two Brothers, 2001), Obabakoak (1988, Euskadi Prize, Spanish National Award for Narrative, finalist for the IMPAC European Literary Award; in English, 1992), Gizona bere bakardadean (1993; in English, The Lone Man^, 1996), Zeru horiek (1995; in English, The Lone Woman, 1999), Soinujolearen semea (2003, Grinzane Cavour Award, Mondello Prize, Times Literary Supplement Translation Prize; in English, The Accordionist's Son, 2007), Zazpi etxe Frantzian (2009, longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; in English, Seven Houses in France, 2011) and Nevadako egunak (2013). His books have been translated into thirty-two languages.