Ramon Saizarbitoria

Ramon Saizarbitoria
Born	(1944-04-21)21 April 1944 San Sebastián
Occupation	Writer
Notable works	Ehun metro

Ramon Saizarbitoria (San Sebastián, 21 April 1944) is a contemporary Basque writer and Sociologist.

Life

Ramon Saizarbitoria has a BA in Sociology (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), and is Director of the Center for Documentation and Sociological Studies SIIS of San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain). He has published numerous books in the field of social services. Since the mid-1960s, he has been working in media in the Basque Country. In 1967, he collaborated with other writers to create LUR publishing. In the 70s, he launched the literary magazine "Oh! Euskadi". Saizarbitoria is primarily a novelist, but has also written essays and poetry. He is one of the most important authors in Basque literature, and is considered, along with 'Txillardegi', as the modernizer of the Basque novel. In 1986, the director Alfonso Ungría adapted Saizarbitoria's book Ehun Metro into a movie.

Works

Poetry

• Poesia banatua (Lur, 1969), in HAINBAT AUTORE, Euskal Elerti 69 (461–484).

Novels

• Egunero Hasten Delako (Lur, 1969).
• Ehun Metro (Lur, 1976). Spanish edition: Cien metros (Nuestra Cultura Editorial, 1979).
• Ene Jesus (Kriselu, 1976).
• Hamaika Pauso (Erein, 1995). Spanish edition: Los pasos incontables (Espasa-Calpe, 1998).
• Bihotz bi. Gerrako kronikak (Erein, 1996). Spanish edition: Amor y guerra (Espasa-Calpe, 1999).
• Gorde nazazu lurpean (Erein, 2000). Spanish edition:Guárdame bajo tierra (Alfaguara, 2002).
• Kandinskyren tradizioa (Erein, 2003). Bilingual edition: Kandinskyren tradizioa-La tradición de Kandinsky (Atenea, 2003).
• Martutene" (Erein, 2012). Spanish edition: Martutene (Erein, 2013). English edition: Martutene (HispaBooks, Madrid, 2016).

Non-fiction

• Mendebaleko ekonomiaren historia; Merkantilismotik 1914-era arte ("Historia de la economía de Occidente; del Mercantilismo a 1914") (Lur,1970).
• Nacer en Guipúzcoa, (Servicio de Estudios Aspace, 1981).
• Perinatalidad y prevención, (Hordago, 1981).
• Aberriaren alde (eta kontra), (Alberdania, 1999).

See also

• Koldo Izagirre