Uxue Alberdi is a Basque writer and bertsolari. She has written short stories, novels, essays, literary chronicles and children´s literature. She has received numerous awards including the Euskadi Literature Prize on two occasions, one in the category of children´s literature for Besarkada and another in the essay category for Kontrako eztarritik (Reverso). Some of her most important books are Jenisjoplin (novel), Kontrako eztarritik (essay), Dendaostekoak (literary chronicle) and Hetero (short stories). Her books are translated into Spanish, Catalan and English.


