BERNARDO ATXAGA

Bernardo Atxaga is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.

He was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country. Spain in 1951.

He received a diploma in economics from the University of Bilbao, and studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona.

He worked as an economist, bookseller, professor of Basque language, as publisher and as a radio scriptwriter until 1980, when he dedicated himself completely to writing.