Miren Agur Meabe facts for kids
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Miren Agur Meabe
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Meabe in 2007
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| Born | 7 October 1962 Lekeitio, Spain |
| Occupation | Writer, translator |
| Language | Basque |
| Citizenship | Spain |
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Miren Agur Meabe Plaza, born in 1962, is a talented writer from the Basque Country in Spain. She writes poems, stories, and books for kids and teenagers. She also translates books from other languages into Basque. In 2021, she made history by becoming the first writer to win a big award, the National Poetry Award from the Spanish Ministry of Culture, for a book written in the Basque language.
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Early Life and Learning
Miren Agur Meabe was born on October 7, 1962, in a town called Lekeitio, in Spain. She went to college to study teaching and also learned a lot about the Basque language. After finishing her studies, she worked as a teacher for a while in the city of Bilbao.
Her Journey as a Writer
For many years, Miren Agur Meabe worked in the publishing world. She was in charge of the Basque office for a publishing company called Giltza-Edebé. Later, she decided to leave publishing to spend all her time writing.
She writes many different kinds of books. She creates beautiful poetry, exciting stories for children, and novels for young adults. She has also written fiction for grown-ups. Miren Agur Meabe once shared that when she first started writing poetry, she tried to write like Rosalía de Castro. This was because Rosalía de Castro was one of the few female poets she saw in her university textbooks.
Awards and Recognition
Miren Agur Meabe has won many important awards for her writing. Here are some of them:
- In 1991, she won the Lasarte-Oria town council prize for her poetry book Oi hondarrezko emaikaitz.
- She won the Euskadi Literature Prize three times for her young adult novels: Itsaslabarreko etxea (in 2002), Urtebete itsasargian (in 2006), and Errepidea (in 2011).
- She also received the Premio de la Crítica award twice for her poetry books: Azalaren kodea (in 2001) and Bitsa eskuetan (in 2011).
- Her children's book, Mila magnolia-lore (published in 2010), was recognized by the IBBY Honour List. This means it was considered one of the best books for young people around the world.
- In 2021, she received the prestigious National Poetry Prize for her book Nola gorde errautsa kolkoan. As mentioned before, she was the first writer to win this award for a book written in Basque.
Her Work as a Translator
Besides writing her own books, Miren Agur Meabe also works as a translator. She translates books from other languages into Basque. She has translated works by famous authors like Forugh Farrokhzad and Scholastique Mukasonga. She has won the Vitoria-Gasteiz Translation Prize twice for her excellent translation work.
Miren Agur Meabe is also a member of the Euskaltzaindia, which is the official academy that looks after the Basque language.
See also
In Spanish: Miren Agur Meabe para niños
