- Arantxa Urretavizcaya
Arantxa Urretabizkaia (born
July 1 ,1947 ), is a contemporary Basque screenwriter and actress. She was born inDonostia-San Sebastián ,Guipúzcoa ,País Vasco .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.She also acted in "La Fuga de Segovia, (English title: Escape from Segovia, Basque title: Segoviako ihesa), 1981.
She is the author of:
# "¿Por qué Panpox?", Edicions del Mall, Spain, ISBN 84-7456-321-6
# "Zergatik, Panpox", Lur, Spain, ISBN 84-7099-086-1
# "Aurten aldatuko da nire bizitza",
# "Koaderno gorria", Narratiba ; 12, 1998
# "Saturno", Alfaguara hispánica, 1999
# "Antologia eta sarrera Koldo Izagirre"
# "Aspaldian espero zaitudalako ez nago sekula bakarrik", Erein literatura ;. 8 (Narrativa vasca)The Basque theatre company "Aguerre Teatroa" adapted her novel «¿Por qué 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 Department of Culture and Turism created the "Premio de Merecimiento de las Letras Vascas" and appointed Urretabizkaia a member to represent Basque cultural interests.
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882088/Arantxa Urretabizkaia on IMDB]
* [http://www.library.unr.edu/depts/basqlib/basquefilm/filmsearchn.asp?p_name=Urretabizkaia,%20Arantxa Urretabizkaia on Basque Film Archive]
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