The jury for the Mondello Prize has just released the winners' list, with Bernardo Atxaga as the winner of the foreign writer prize.

2008 will see the following releases of Atxaga's work: the publication of "The Accordionist's Son" ("El hijo del acordionista") in Great Britain and the United States, the publication of "The Lone Man" ("El hombre solo") in Israel, and the reissue of "Obabakoak" in English.

As noted previously, "The Accordionist's Son", the recently published English version of "El hijo del acordeonista", is being very well received in the United Kingdom. Here are some recent reviews.

Bernardo Atxaga has won the 2008 Grinzane Cavour prize for his novel "The Accordionist's Son". The Grinzane award is one of the best-known in Italy.

"The Accordionist's Son" (translation of "El hijo del acordeonista") has just been published in the United Kingdom. Initial reviews of the novel have been very favorable.

Ons Erfdeel has just published a volume about the languages in Europe which collects the testimonies of 16 writers in 16 different languages, including Bernardo Atxaga and Basque.

Bernardo Atxaga gave the opening lecture at the University of the Basque Country's summer courses this past June. The text is now available in the web site's Texts section.

Einaudi has just published "Racconti di montagna" (Mountain Stories), a collection of short stories which includes Bernardo Atxaga.

Coinciding with the Frankfurt Fair, the Danish version of "The Son of the Accordionist," published by Samleren, has been released.

The festival will take place from July 19 to 21.