Txomin Peillen Karrikaburu (17 November 1932 – 9 December 2022) was a French writer, linguist, and biologist.
While attending secondary school in Paris, he taught Basque at the Lycée Lavoisier [fr].
Peillen was a fierce activist of Basque culture as a member of the Euskaltzaindia and the Basque Studies Society, for which he earned the Manuel Lekuona Award [eu] in 2009.
[2] In total, he wrote 43 books, 39 of which were in Basque, three in French, and one in Spanish.
[3] Peillen died in Cambo-les-Bains on 9 December 2022, at the age of 90.