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News about the Basque language, culture and contemporary creation.
Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.
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Three Argentinean students to begin two months at the Maizpide barnetegi
After an intensive course in a Basque-speaking environment for the first time, they will work as Basque teachers in the Basque community in their respective cities.
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Quebec opens a window on Basque literature
Université Laval will host a conference on literature and linguistic diversity and the Québec en toutes lettres festival will devote an evening to Basque literature.
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Basque performing arts triumph once again at the Max Awards
A total of 14 companies and 31 artists were nominated in various categories.
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Japanese translator Nami Kaneko wins the Etxepare – LABORAL Kutxa Translation Prize
Bernardo Atxaga´s novel ´The Accordionist´s Son´, first published in Basque in 2003 by Pamiela, has been given a new life. Translated directly from Basque into Japanese, the jury commended the quality of Kaneko´s work, naming her the winner of the competition’s seventh edition. The book is published by the Shinchosha publishing house, and Shigeki Tabata was responsible for editing.
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Miren Agur Meabe awarded Spain’s National Poetry Prize
This is the first time that a book in Basque has received the award. The poetry book ‘Nola gorde errautsa kolkoan’ was released in 2020 by Susa Publishers.
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Meeting with the Québec Delegate
Etxepare Basque Institute Director, Irene Larraza, and Québec’s Delegate in the Iberian Peninsula, Isabelle Dessureault met this morning to discuss joint projects between Quebecois and Basque institutions in the area of culture.
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Pererindod: the sounds of the Basque landscape and a lively dialogue
Asisko Urmeneta eta Oihana Iguaran eta Amaia Gabantxoren proiektu digitalak martxan dira, Invertigo, Cwmni Tebot eta Etxepare Euskal Institutuak Galesen antolatu duten ekimen digitalari esker.
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Kimuak wins the Zinemira Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival
The Basque short film programme promoted by the Etxepare Basque Institute and the Basque Film Archive has received the award for the career of an outstanding personality in the field of Basque cinema.
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Meeting between the Basque and Spanish Ministers for Culture at the Etxepare Basque Institute
The Basque Minister for Culture and Language Policy, Bingen Zupiria, and the Spanish Minister for Culture and Sport, Miquel Iceta, met this morning at the Etxepare Basque Institute’s headquarters in San Sebastián.