Miren Lourdes Oñederra Olaizola (born 9 June 1958) is a

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writer and professor.

Life

Oñederra was born in San Sebastián in 1958. She studied for her first degree in Spain before taking her masters at the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

. She returned to the Basque country to take her doctorate in philology supervised by

Koldo Mitxelena Koldo Mitxelena Elissalt () (also known as ''Luis Michelena''; 1915, Errenteria, Gipuzkoa – 11 October 1987, San Sebastián) was an eminent Basque linguist. He taught in the Department of Philology at the University of the Basque Country, ...

. She was appointed a professor in her home town in 1982. In 1999 she published her first novel ''And the woman said to the serpent'' and this was successful and received a number of awards including the Basque Government Prize for Literature in 2000.Lourdes Oñederra
euskaltzaindia.eus The book has been translated into Spanish, English and Russian. In 2014 she was a professor at the

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1958 births Living people People from San Sebastián University of Iowa alumni Academic staff of the University of the Basque Country 20th-century Spanish novelists 20th-century Spanish women writers Spanish women novelists Basque novelists Basque women writers {{Spain-writer-stub