Laura Mintegi Lakarra (born October 26, 1955) is a Basque author, politician and a professor at the

University of the Basque Country The University of the Basque Country (, ''EHU''; , ''UPV''; officially EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Deusto, University of Bilbao, initial ...

. Although she was born in Navarre, she moved to

Biscay Biscay ( ; ; ), is a province of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the Bay of Biscay, eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilb ...

at an early age and has lived there ever since; first in

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

and later in

Algorta Algorta is a locality within the municipality of Getxo, in the province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. In 1996, the population of Algorta was 35,600. The Metro Plaza situated in Telletxe street is considered to be the center of town and comme ...

. She has a degree in History and a PhD in

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

. She has been a professor at the University of the Basque Country since 1981, where she teaches in the Department of Didactics for Language and Literature. She was the director of this Department from 1999 to 2006, and retook the job again in 2010. Besides that, she has been the president of the Basque

PEN PEN may refer to: * (National Ecological Party), former name of the Brazilian political party Patriota (PATRI) * PEN International, a worldwide association of writers ** English PEN, the founding centre of PEN International ** PEN America, located ...

Club since 2004.

Euskaltzaindia Euskaltzaindia (; often translated Royal Academy of the Basque Language) is the official academic language regulatory institution which watches over the Basque language. It conducts research, seeks to protect the language, and establishes stand ...

(the official academy of Basque language) named her correspondent in 2006. She was won several literary awards, for instance, the “Azkue Nobela Saria”, the “Donostia Hiria Saria” and the “Jon Mirande Saria” and the “Golden Pen”, award in recognition of her literary career. She has also been a judge for other awards, such as the “Certámen de Narrativa María Maeztu”, the Grant “Joseba Jaka”, the “Rikardo Arregi Kazetaritza Saria” and the “René Cassin Human Rights” Award. She is a usual collaborator in the media, both in the audiovisual media (in TV stations like ETB, Hamaika Telebista and in radio stations like Bizkaia Irratia, Egin Irratia, Bilbo Hiria Irratia, Euskalerria Irratia and

Euskadi Irratia The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community (), also officially called Euskadi (), is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Araba, Bizkaia, and Gipuzkoa. It surrounds two enclaves called Treviño ...

) and the written media (''Anaitasuna, Argia,

Susa Susa ( ) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh River, Karkheh and Dez River, Dez Rivers in Iran. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital o ...

, Ttu-ttuá, Egin, Euskaldunon Egunkaria, Gara, Berria, Jakin, Hegats'' and many others).

Short Story Collection

* '' Ilusioaren ordaina'' (''The Cost of Illusion'') (1983, ''Erein'')

Novels

* Bai... baina ez (1986, Susa): Republish in Elkarlanean 1999 * Legez kanpo (1991, Elkar) * Nerea eta biok (1994, Txalaparta) * Sisifo maite minez (2001, Txalaparta) *

Ecce homo ''Ecce homo'' (, , ; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his crucif ...

(2006, Txalaparta)

Essay

* Sujektibitatea euskal nobelagintzan: Stephen Crane-ren "The Red Badge of Courage"' (1999, UPV/EHU)

Biography

* '' Julene Azpeitia'' (1988, ''Eusko Jaurlaritza'')

Translations

* La topera in...Antologia de la Narrativa Vasca Actual (1986, Edicions del Mall) (Translated to Spanish) * Mole Hole in... Contemporary Basque Fiction (1990,

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is the state's flagship public university and prim ...

) (Translated to English) * Sisifo enamorado (2003,

Txalaparta The txalaparta ( or ) is a specialized Basque music device of wood or stone. In some regions of the Basque Country, (with ) means "racket", while in others (in Navarre) has been attested as meaning the trot of the horse, a sense closely relat ...

) (Translated to Spanish) * Nerea and I (2005, Peter Lang, New York) (Translated to English) * Ecce homo (2007,

ONCE Once may refer to: Film, television and theatre * ''Once'' (film), a 2007 Irish musical film by John Carney ** ''Once'' (musical), a 2011 stage adaptation of the film * ''Once'' (TV series), a 2017–2019 Argentine telenovela * Canal Once (Mex ...

) (Printed in Basque in braille) * Ecce homo (2009,

) (Translated to Spanish) * Sisyphus verliefd (2011, Zirimiri Press, Amsterdam) (Translated to Dutch) * Ecce homo (2012, Pahl-Rugenstein, Bonn) (Translated to German)

External links

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Laura Mintegi literaturaren zubitegian
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Subjektibitatea nobelagintzan. Stephen Crane-ren "The Red Badge of Courage"
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Laura Mintegi Basque Literature

References

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