Patxi Zubizarreta

Patxi Zubizarreta (born 25 January 1964) is a Spanish writer who writes in the Basque language (Euskara).

He was included in the White Ravens catalog and the IBBY Honor Roll.

His work has been translated into many languages, such as Castilian, Catalan, Galician, Asturian, Aragonese, English, Slovenian and Korean.

Zubizarreta has also dedicated himself to translating Basque authors such as Abdela Taia, Najib Mahfuz, and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt into Euskera.

In his role as a creator of poetic musical shows Flying over paper / Paperean Hegan, he presented at the International IBBY Congress held in London in collaboration with Galtzagorri Elkartea and the Etxepare Institute,[2] and the show Ants, horses, Elephants / Inurriak, zaldiak, elefanteak, presented at the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna.