Karmele Jaio

Karmele Jaio Eiguren (Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1970) has written three collections of stories, three novels and a book of poetry. She writes in Basque and translates her own work into Spanish. Her first novel, Her Mother’s Hands, appeared in English in 2018, and has since been made into a film. Her stories have appeared in various anthologies, including Best European Fiction 2017 and The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories (2022). Her work has already won her several prizes, most recently the 2020 Basque Literary Prize for My Father’s House.

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