Joxe Austin Arrieta

Joxe Austin Arrieta Ugartetxea (born 26 October 1949) is a Spanish Basque writer and translator.

Life Arrieta was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa. He obtained a degree in Philosophy and Literature (Romanic Philology). 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. 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,

Works

Narratives (1978, Ustela) (1997, Txalaparta)

Novels (1979, GAK): , (1987, Elkar) (2008, Txalaparta)

Poetry (1983, GAK) (1986, Elkar) (1989, Elkar) (1996, Kutxa fundazioa) (2001, Susa): Koldo Izagirreren edizioa (2003, Kutxa Fundazioa)