Joxe Austin Arrieta


Joxe Austin Arrieta Ugartetxea is a Basque writer and translator.

Life

Arrieta was born in Donostia, Gipuzkoa. He obtained a degree in Philosophy and Literature. From 1982 until he retired, he worked at a bank as a translator. He has been a teacher and a lecturer at the EUTG School of Languages and Philosophy.
He has also worked in other areas of Basque culture, collaborating with associations like UZEI and UEU.
He has taken political positions in the field of culture and Basque language.
He has written poetry and narrative and has also excelled as a literary translator. His first published work was Bidaia-Termitosti a book of short stories. After that, in 1979, Arrieta published his first novel, Abuztuaren 15eko bazkalondoa. Among his poetry books, we should out stand the following ones: Mintzoen mintzak or Graffitien ganbara. But Arrieta is also a renowned translator and has translated works from French, English, Catalan and German languages into Basque: the play by Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian, Lord of the flies by William Golding and Homo Faver, by Max Frisch.

Works

Narratives