Arantxa Urretabizkaia Bejarano (born July 1, 1947), is a contemporary Basque writer, screenwriter and actress. She was born in
Donostia-San Sebastián,
Guipúzcoa
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País Vasco
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Biography
As a student at the
University of Barcelona
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, Urretabizkaia wrote the screenplays of:
# ''A los cuatro vientos'', (English title: To the Four Winds), 1987
# ''Zergatik panpox? (Basque - released as a film in 1985)
# ''Albaniaren konkista'', (Basque title: Albaniaren konkista), 1984.
In 1981 she also acted in ''La Fuga de Segovia'' film (English title: ''Escape from Segovia'').
The Basque theatre company ''Agerre Teatroa'' adapted her novel «Zergatik Panpox?» and performed in
Madrid
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the resulting monologue, an interpretation by Maite Agirre of the feminine condition and
fin de siècle
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solitude.
In 1988, the
Basque Government
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's Department of Culture and Tourism created the ''Premio de Merecimiento de las Letras Vascas'' and appointed Urretabizkaia a member to represent Basque cultural interests.
Some of her works have also been translated to
German
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Works
Short stories
* ''Aspaldian espero zaitudalako ez nago sekula bakarrik'' (1983, ''Erein'')
* ''Aurten aldatuko da nire bizitza'' (1992, ''Erein'')
Novels
* ''Zergatik panpox?'' (1979, ''Hordago'') . Spanish: ''¿Por qué Panpox?'', Edicions del Mall,
* ''Saturno'' (1987, ''Erein''). Spanish: Alfaguara hispánica, 1999
* ''Koaderno gorria'' (1998, ''Erein'')
Poetry
* ''Maitasunaren magalean'' (1982, ''GAK'')
* ''XX. mendeko poesia kaierak - Arantxa Urretabizkaia'' (2000, ''Susa'')
References
1947 births
Living people
Basque women writers
Actresses from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
Translators from Spanish
Translators to Basque
Basque-language writers
People from San Sebastián
University of Barcelona alumni
Basque novelists
Basque-language poets
Spanish women poets
Spanish women short story writers
Spanish short story writers
20th-century Spanish poets
20th-century Spanish novelists
20th-century Spanish women writers
Spanish women novelists
Spanish translators
20th-century translators
Spanish film actresses
20th-century short story writers
Basque translators
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