Maialen Lujanbio

Maialen Lujanbio (born 26 November 1976) is a Basque poet and bertsolari winner. She composes her oral poetry in the Basque language and she is the only woman to ever reach her level.

Life Lujanbio was born in Hernani in 1976. She took an interest in the Basque oral tradition of poetry whilst at secondary school. She attended specialist classes and continued to practise whilst at the University of the Basque Country. She won prizes at the junior and then senior level introducing novel approaches to the poetry discipline. In 1994 she became the Champion of Gipuzkoa.

Maialen Lujanbio's composing a bertso at the 2009 Txapelketa Nagusi. In 2003 she wrote for the Basque newspaper, Berria, completing a column each day.

Lujanbio collaborated with pop band 2princesesbarbudes on the song "" from the album , a Basque adaptation of the Catalan original. The adaptation premiered at the Durangoko Azoka book and music fair in 2014.

Solo challenge in 2009 Maialen, you are a doctor. You're observing two children suffering from cancer organising a wheelchair race in a hospital corridor, to which she composed the following bertso: