Joseba Sarrionandia returns to the Basque Country after nearly 40 years of exile
- After nearly 40 years in exile, Joseba Sarrionandia has finally returned to Euskal Herria to visit her relatives and family.
According to the Duranaldeko media Anboto, the writer Joseba Sarrionandia (Iurreta, Bizkaia, 1958) has returned to Euskal Herria, where his father died. He has moved to Iurreta to visit his relatives.
When he was a member of ETA, he fled Martutene prison in 1985 and for years has not been known until now except through his libros.En 2016 he was known to be in Cuba, working for the Etxepare Basque Institute at the University of Havana. In an interview given to Anboto, Sarrionandia has returned after almost four decades in exile, and has said that, although he has tried to return it "with discretion", the news has been disseminated "bolo-bolo". The writer has told the members of Anboto that he has found a "different people" and that he has missed the dead in these years.
The return of Sarrionandia has had a great impact. In addition to the media of Euskal Herria and abroad, many welcome messages have also been posted on social networks.
Beware of that view of the South. Firstly, to demystify the blind admiration of the green land, the white houses and the red tiles, unconditional love, fetishism associated with speech and the supposed lifestyle. It leaves, as Ruper Ordorika has often heard, a tourist idea... [+]
I didn't think parking in Vitoria would be so difficult. Or, rather, I didn't know that there could be such colorful marks painted on the edges of the road. No, I don't have a driving license, and yes, time was against us. At the last minute we arrived at the Main Theatre.
The... [+]
Joseba Sarrionandiarekin euskararen egoera eta errepresioa gartzeletan gaiaz. "Korrika 4"-ren prentsa bulegoak eskaini digu ondoko elkarrizketa argitaratzeko aukera. Joseba Sarrionandia Herrerako desterru urrunetik desterru hurbilago batetara ekarri zuteneko aukera... [+]
Joseba Sarrionandia, hemen eta han idazleari buruzko dokumentala estreinatuko dute larunbat honetan Iurretan. Askondon izango da, 18:30ean.
Duela urte bi eskainitako elkarrizketan kontatu zigun idazmakina zahar bat duela etxean, tekletako letrak borratuta dituena. Baina, irakurle sentitzen dela idazle baino gehiago. Bide horretatik, jardunaldiek eragindako sentsazioez gainera, literaturaz gogoeta egin du hurrengo... [+]
Joseba Sarrionandiaren "Izuen gordelekuetan barrena" poesian gaindi ibili naiz bidazti, basamortuan edota itsasaldian. Liburua argitaratu zenean, irakurrezina zela esan ei zion mundu guztiak idazleari. Haatik, 37 urte ez dira alferrik igaro euskal literaturaren eremu... [+]