Miren Billelabeitia

Miren Billelabeitia

Miren Billelabeitia, (Mungia 1960). With a BA in Basque Philology, she teaches world literature, Basque and literature at the Mungia Secondary School (Biscay). She has researched reflections on reading pedagogy and the practice of encouraging reading. She has given talks and training sessions in schools and on summer courses on teaching literature and literary discussion. Publications: Euskal literaturaren historia (The History of Basque Literature, 2003), Eskemas de euskera (An Outline of Basque, 2003), Lauaxeta. Oihartzunak (Lauaxeta: Echoes, 2008). Together with pupils at the Mungia Secondary School, Aitita-amamen guda zibila (Our Grandparents’ Civil War, 2019). Some of her articles in translation: "Ramon Saizarbitoria´s Lili eta biok (Lili and Me, 2015): The Spanish Civil War and the Investigative Novel" in Contemporary Basque Detective and Crime Fiction (Center for Basque Studies University of Nevada, Reno, 2023) and "Libros en el campo de fútbol. Hábitos de de lectura de los futbolistas vascos" (Books on the Field of Play: Reading Habits of Basque Footballers) in Libros en el terreno de juego (Books on the Field of Play, 2023). The work Norberak maite duena (What One Loves, 2022) won the 2023 Euskadi Prize.