Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 44 | 115 | 2021
Research Article | Leire Bilbao, the Value of Simplicity

Leire Bilbao, the Value of Simplicity

Abstract
This article reviews the work of Leire Bilbao, a writer belonging to a new generation of Basque authors who has managed to cross the borders of the Basque language. Since she published her first book in 2006, she has combined her poetry books for adults with children’s literature. Throughout this period, she has also made a more than interesting foray into picturebooks in collaboration with the illustrator Maite Mutuberria. Her children’s books, which range from critical realism to magical realism, are apparently simple narratives that can be read on several levels and that have a great poetic charge. Nevertheless, her two poetry books for children are, without any doubt, the most remarkable interaction between the author’s poetics and her production for children.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 11, 2021 | Accepted: April 22, 2021 | Published June 29, 2021 | Language: es

Keywords Poetry • Children’s literature • Basque literature • Leire Bilbao • Picturebook • | Literatura vasca • Literatura infantil • Poesía • Álbum

Copyright © 2021 Xabier Etxaniz, Karla Fernández de Gamboa Vázquez. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2021/16/014


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