Arantxa Urretabizkaia


Arantxa Urretabizkaia Bejarano, is a contemporary Basque writer, screenwriter and actress. She was born in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco.

Biography

As a student at the University of Barcelona, Urretabizkaia wrote the screenplays of:
  1. A los cuatro vientos,, 1987
  2. Zergatik panpox?
  3. Albaniaren konkista,, 1984.
In 1981 she also acted in La Fuga de Segovia film.
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 have also been translated to German.

Works

Short stories