Gabriel Aresti Segurola (October 14, 1933 – June 5, 1975) was one of the most important writers and poets in the Basque language in the 20th century.

[3] His literary career began with a work influenced by the symbolism, Maldan Behera (Downhill).

Critical and controversial, he published many articles, which brought him problems not only with Franco's regime but also with some of the mainstream Basque nationalism tendencies, because of his leftist ideas.

[1] Gabriel Aresti was one of the greatest inspirers of the modern culture in Basque language (though he always found sources in popular culture and daily talking, as opposed to the purists of the language).

He founded the publishing house Lur, allowing new authors in the Basque language like Ramon Saizarbitoria, Arantxa Urretabizkaia or Xabier Lete to publish their first works.