Uxue Alberdi Explained

Uxue Alberdi
Birth Name:Uxue Alberdi Estibaritz
Birth Place:Elgoibar, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Language:Basque

Uxue Alberdi Estibaritz (Elgoibar, Gipuzkoa, 18 March 1984) is a Basque writer and bertsolari.

Biography

She studied at the Leioa campus and graduated in journalism.

She started winning Bertsolaritza competitions in 2003, Julene Azpeitia from Durango was the first, followed by the Xenpelar Award in 2006, and the Osinalde Award for young bertsolari in 2008.[1]

In 2005, thanks to the Igartza scholarship for young writers, she wrote his first book: Aulki bat elurretan (2007). In 2007, thanks also to another creative scholarship, the Joseba Jaka Scholarship, she wrote the book Aulki jokoa (2009). In 2013, she published Euli-giro and, in 2017, Jenisjoplin, by the publisher Susa.[2]

In 2010, she delved into children's literature by publishing the story Ezin dut eta zer? In 2016, she won the Euskadi Prize for Children's and Youth Literature in Basque with Besarkada.[3] She teaches literature workshops, writes opinion articles, and also works as a translator and lyricist. Together with Ainhoa Agirreazaldegi, she launched the so-called Feminist Bertsolaritza School.

Literary awards

Bertsolaritza

Selected works

Novels

Essays

Children's and youth literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Xenpelar Dokumentazio Zentroa-Bertsozale Elkartea . Uxue Alberdi - BiografĂ­as - BDB. Base de datos sobre bertsolarismo . bdb.bertsozale.eus . 9 July 2023 . es.
  2. News: . Uxue Alberdi, bertsolari y escritora: "Escribo en euskera y desde la perspectiva de una mujer vasca" . 9 July 2023 . Euskal kultura . 6 August 2018 . es.
  3. "Entrevista a Uxue Alberdi", 111 Magazine (March 31, 2017, pages 9-11)