Katixa Agirre

Katixa Agirre Miguelez (born October 27, 1980 in Vitoria-Gasteiz) is a Spanish writer of Basque origin.

She studied at the University of the Basque Country, receiving a bachelor's degree in audiovisual communication in 2003, a master's degree in screenwriting, then a doctoral degree in audiovisual communication in 2010. Her thesis analyzed the representations of the Lolita myth in Hollywood films. She then did postdoctoral work, including stints at Queen Mary University of London and the University of East Anglia. Since 2013, she has taught at the Universidad del Pais Vasco.

Agirre is also an accomplished writer, who publishes mainly in her native Basque language. Her books include the short story collections Sua falta zaigu (2007) and Habitat (2009) and the children's books Paularen seigarren atzamarra, Ez naiz sirena bat, eta zer? and Patzikuren problemak. She writes for media outlets such as Diario de Noticias de Álava, Deia, Aizu! and Argia. In 2015, she published her first novel Atertu arte Itxaron? (Elkar, 2015), which won the Premio 111 Akademia. A road novel, this book has been translated into Spanish, Danish and Bulgarian. In 2018, she published another novel Amek ez dute (Elkar).

In 2020, she was named as one of the most promising young writers in Spain by the 10 de 30 project of the AECID.

Awards and honors

 * 2015 Premio 111 Akademia for Amek ez dute idazten
 * 2016 XVI Beca de Novela Agustín Zubikarai from the Ondarroa City Council and Elkar for Amek ez dute idazten