Basque Writers - Antoine Thomson D'Abbadie, Miguel de Unamuno, Marie Darrieussecq, Ricardo Baroja, Jon Bilbao, Jon Juaristi, Bernard Etxepare (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Miguel de Unamuno, Marie Darrieussecq, Ricardo Baroja, Jon Bilbao, Jon Juaristi, Bernard Etxepare, Jesus Galindez, Pio Baroja, Alex de la Iglesia, Robert Laxalt, Serafin Baroja, Joseba Sarrionandia, Ibn Gharsiya, Federico Krutwig, Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Bernardo Atxaga, Xavier Maria de Munibe e Idiaquez, Ramiro de Maeztu, Gorka Aulestia Txakartegi, Pierre Lafitte Ithurralde, Martin de Hoyarcabal, Ignacio Aldecoa, Manuel Aznar Zubigaray, Javier Ybarra Berge, Txillardegi, Arnauld de Oihenart, Agosti Xaho, Joan Perez de Lazarraga, Begona Ameztoy, Pedro Agerre, Juan Antonio Mogel, Telesforo Monzon. Excerpt: Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864, Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain - 31 December 1936, Salamanca, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher. Unamuno was often in the terrace of the Cafe Novelty, founded in 1905, in the Plaza Mayor of Salamanca. Sculpture of Unamuno in Salamanca, by Pablo Serrano in 1968.Miguel de Unamuno was born in Bilbao, a port city of Spain, the son of Felix de Unamuno and Salome Jugo. As a young man, he was interested in the Basque language, and competed for a teaching position in the Instituto de Bilbao, against Sabino Arana. The contest was finally won by the Basque scholar Resurreccion Maria de Azkue. Unamuno worked in all major genres: the essay, the novel, poetry and theatre, and, as a modernist, contributed greatly to dissolving the boundaries between genres. There is some debate as to whether Unamuno was in fact a member of the Generation of '98 (an ex post facto literary group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers that was the creation of Jose Martinez Ruiz - a group that includes Antonio Machado, Azorin, Pio Baroja, Ramon del Valle-Inclan, Ramiro de Maeztu and Angel Ganivet, among...