Kirmen Uribe was born in 1970 in Ondarroa, Spain, where he currently lives and writes.
His debut poetry collection, Bitartean heldu eskutik, won Spain’s 2001 Premio de la Crítica, and has since been translated from the Basque into Spanish, French, and English. The English translation by American poet Elizabeth Macklin, titled Meanwhile Take My Hand, was published in January 2007.
Uribe is also a newspaper columnist for the Basque-language daily Berria and has published essays, stories, comics, and a children's book. He has been a teacher, scriptwriter, and lyricist, and has worked with a number of Basque musicians and artists on multimedia projects.
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