Bi anai

by Bernardo Atxaga

Etengabe errepikatzen den naturaren eta bere sasoien gurpilean Paulo eta Daniel bi anaien istorioa kontatzen digute txoriak, katagorriek, sugeak, izarrak eta antzarak. Urtea joan urtea etorri, beti bestelako eta aldi berean beti berdin ageri da Obabako irudimenezko lurralde hori, baina, gizakien arteko handinahi, irrika eta grinen agertoki krudela da. Paulo eta, batez ere, Daniel anaia atzeratua dira giza-krudelkeria horren biktimak. Gizakiok errenditzen gaituen naturaren lege zaharrean bildurik, Paulo eta Danielen munduko ibilera itogarriek bat egiten dute animalien fabulen munduarekin, eta irakurlearengan efektu zoragarria lortzen ihesaren eta kontsolazioaren sentipen askatzailea. Zail da asmatzen nork jarri duen gehiago bere aldetik, irudimen handiko idazleak ala dohain handiko kontalariak; izan ere, oso gutxitan bezala egokitzen baitzaio bata besteari. Emaitza paregabea da. Artista handi baten lana.

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Published November 1, 2024

About the author

Bernardo Atxaga (Joseba Irazu Garmendia, Asteasu, Guipúzcoa, 1951) belongs to the young group of Basque writers that began publishing in his mother language, Euskara, in the Seventies. Graduated in Economics for the Bilbao University, he later studied Philosophy at the University of Barcelona.

His first short story, Ziutateaz was published in 1976 and his first book of poetry Etiopia in 1978. Both works received the National Critics Prize for the best works in the Basque language.

He cultivates most genres: poetry, radio, cinema scriptwriting, theatre, children's books, articles, short stories... His national –and soon after international– recognition arrived with Obabakoak (1988) which, among other prizes, was awarded the National Literature Prize 1989 and that has been translated into more than twenty languages.

Many of his poems have also been translated into other languages and published by prestigious magazines such as Jahbuch der Lyrik, 1993, Die horen, 1995, Lichtungen, 1997 (Germany), Lyrikklubbss bibliotek, 1993 (Sweden), Vuelta, 1990 (Mexico), Linea d'ombra, 1992 (Italy) and others.