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

He has also worked in other areas of Basque culture, collaborating with associations like UZEI and UEU.

His first published work was Bidaia-Termitosti (Ustela, 1978) a book of short stories.

Among his poetry books, Mintzoen mintzak (Elkar, 1989) and Graffitien ganbara (Kutxa, 1995) stand out.

[2] 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,[1] Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Homo Faver, by Max Frisch.