Language Basque Name Arantxa Urretabizkaia Nationality Spain Role Writer | Ethnicity White Genre Novels Movies To the Four Winds | |
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Born Arantxa Urretabizkaia Bejarano July 1, 1947 (age 77) Donostia-San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa ( 1947-07-01 ) Occupation Writer, screenwriter and actress People also search for Xabier Elorriaga, Jose A. Zorrilla, Javier Artinano, Julian Martin | ||
Education University of Barcelona | ||
Arantxa Urretabizkaia euskarari buruz aritu da
Arantxa Urretabizkaia Bejarano (born July 1, 1947), is a contemporary Basque writer, screenwriter and actress. She was born in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco.
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- Arantxa Urretabizkaia euskarari buruz aritu da
- Arantxa Urretabizkaia alardea eta tradizioak
- Biography
- Short stories
- Novels
- Poetry
- References
Arantxa Urretabizkaia: alardea eta tradizioak
Biography
Student in the University of Barcelona, 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 the resulting monologue, an interpretation by Maite Agirre of the feminine condition and fin de siècle solitude.
In 1988, the Basque Government'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 has also been translated to German.