Karmele Jaio

Scenic Rights is the audiovisual co agency of Ella Sher

 

Karmele Jaio is a Spanish writer and journalist. She holds a degree in Information Sciences from the University of the Basque Country and has since worked for various media outlets. As an author, she has published short stories, novels, and poetry, all widely acclaimed by both readers and critics. Since 2015, she has been a member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language.

 

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Her work has reached over 60,000 readers and has been translated into multiple languages. She has received numerous awards, including the Beterriko Liburua Distinction (2006), Euskadi de Plata Prize (2007), English Pen Translates Award (2017), Ezequiel Etxebarría Prize (2019), and the Euskadi Literature Prize (2020).

Her short stories have been featured in various international anthologies, and one of her novels has already been adapted into a film.