Idoia Estornés Zubizarreta (

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, 28 November 1940) is a Chilean-born Spanish historian and writer. She was honored with the "Premio Literario de Ensayo Euskadi" in 1988 and the in 2014.

Early life and education

Idoia Estornés Zubizarreta was born in Santiago de Chile in 1940, into a

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nationalist family exiled due to the

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. Her parents are

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and Ignacia Zubizarreta. In 1958, she settled in

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, where, in 1961, she began her degree in Philosophy and Letters. Between 1962 and 1966, she completed her studies at the

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, where she later obtained a doctorate in history in 1988.

Career

In 1976, she published her first work, (

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and the abolition of the charters. 1876–1976) (Auñamendi Encyclopedia, San Sebastián, 1976). Subsequently, she has been the editorial director of the Basque Encyclopaedic Dictionary by Auñamendi and a contributor to various Spanish and French press. Between 2000 and 2006, she also directed the update of the Illustrated General Encyclopaedia of the Basque Country, devoting herself exclusively to it. In 2013, she published her work, (How could this have happened to us. Chronicle of a girl from the 60s.) (Erein, San Sebastián, 2013, pp. 572), which was a finalist for the 2014 National Essay Award and received the 2014 Euskadi Literature Award, in the category of literature in Spanish.

Awards and honours

* Premio Literario de Ensayo Euskadi, 1988. * Premios Euskadi de Literatura, 2014, in the category of literature in Spanish, and finalist of the 2014 (National Essay Award), for her work, ''Cómo pudo pasarnos esto. Crónica de una chica de los 60.''

Selected works

* ''Carlismo y abolición foral. 1876–1976.'' (Auñamendi, San Sebastián, 1976) * ''Qué son los partidos abertzales'' (San Sebastián, 1977) * ''La Sociedad de Estudios Vascos 1918–1936. Aportación de Eusko-Ikaskuntza a la cultura vasca.'' (Eusko Ikaskuntza, San Sebastián, 1983) * ''La construcción de una nacionalidad vasca. El autonomismo de Eusko-Ikaskuntza (1918–1931)'' (tesis doctoral), (Eusko Ikaskuntza, San Sebastián, 1990) * ''Cómo pudo pasarnos esto. Crónica de una chica de los 60.'' (Erein, San Sebastián, 2013) * ''Cuando Marx visitó Loyola. Un sindicato vasco durante el periodo franquista.'' (Erein, San Sebastián, 2017)

References

External links

"Tardamos en darnos cuenta de que ETA no era tan Robin Hood"
interview in '' El Mundo'' (24 November 2014) (in Spanish)
"Entrevista a Idoia Estornés"
interview in the cultural magazine ''Galde'' (28 June 2015) (in Spanish)

article in ''

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