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Dr. Linda White
Emeritus
Education
1996 Ph.D., Basque Studies (Language and Literature), Univ. of Nevada,
Reno.
Dissertation: Emakumeen Hitzak Euskaraz: Basque Women Writers of the
Twentieth Century.
Research Interests
Genre fiction in Basque literature, the new women writers, Basque women who write in Spanish,
and the effect of nationalism on Basque women’s lives. Through bertsolaritza, I have an
interest in oral literature.
Honors
2000 Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and/or Creative
Activity, granted by College of Arts and Science at UNR for quantity and
quality of publications.
1993 Inducted into the Basque Hall of Fame by the Society of Basque Studies
in America for her “extraordinary contributions to Basque culture” as a teacher,
translator and lexicographer of the Basque language.
Selected Publications
In press: Aurrera! A Textbook for Learning Basque. Reno: University of Nevada Press.
Nerea eta biok by Laura Mintegi. Translated by Linda White. Introduction
by Linda White. New York: Peter Lang Press, 2005.
An Anthology of Basque Short Stories. Compiled by Mari Jose Olaziregi. Ed. Linda White.
Trans. Kristin Addis, Margaret Jull-Costa, Amaia Gabantxo, Elizabeth Macklin, Linda White.
Center for Basque Studies Basque Literature Series 1. Series editors, Mari Jose Olaziregi and
Linda White. Reno: Center for Basque Studies, 2004.
Amatxi, Amuma, Amona: Writings in Honor of Basque Women. Eds. Linda White and Cameron
Watson. Occasional Papers Series 8. Reno: Center for Basque Studies, 2003.
Basque-English English-Basque Dictionary (co-author with Gorka Aulestia). San Sebastián
[Spain]: Elkar / Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1992.
English-Basque Dictionary (co-author with Gorka Aulestia). Reno: University of Nevada
Press, 1990.
Selected Translations
The Old Law of Bizkaia (1452), a book-length translation (with William A. Douglass)
(Old Spanish to English) compiled and with an introduction by Gregorio Monreal Zia. Reno:
Center for Basque Studies, 2005.
The Basque Poetic Tradition, by Gorka Aulestia. Reno and Las Vegas: University of
Nevada Press, 2000.
Full curriculum vitae
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