Bernardo Atxaga

Bernardo Atxaga (born 27 July 1951), pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.

[2] Atxaga was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain in 1951.

He worked as an economist, bookseller, professor of the Basque language, publisher, and radio scriptwriter until 1980, when he dedicated himself completely to writing.

He has written plays, song lyrics, novels and short stories.

Atxaga generally writes in the Basque language, Euskara, but translates his works into Spanish as well.