Luis Villasante

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Luis Villasante (1989)

Luis Villasante Kortabitarte (born March 22, 1920 in Gernika , † December 2, 2000 in Oñati ) was a Spanish Franciscan and author. As President of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language , he contributed to the development of Standard Basque .

Life

Luis Villasante was born in 1920 as the first child of José Villsante and Luisa Kortabitarte. His father came from the Valle de Mena and spoke Spanish, while his mother, who came from Aulesti, taught him Basque. When Luis was six, she died giving birth to her third child.

In 1931 he entered the Franciscan College of Arantzazu and in 1934 that of Forua. Villasante attended the Zarautz novitiate in 1936 when he returned to Gernika because of the civil war . He represented his half-brother José Gonzalo, who was mobilized in a battalion of the Unión General de Trabajadores . During the bombing of April 26, 1937 , Luis and his father saw their house destroyed.

Luis Villasante returned to the Zarautz Monastery in May, completed his novitiate and made his vows in 1938. He was called to military service, where he served in the administration of the army in Burgos for a year . Villasante came first to Oñati in 1939 and then back to Olite , where he stayed until 1942. With Salbatore Mitxelena he began to improve his Basque knowledge .

In 1944 he studied at the theological faculty of the Papal University of Comillas and the following year Luis Villasante was ordained a priest. After receiving his doctorate, he taught at the sanctuary of Arantzazu from 1947 , where he settled his life. At the same time he began to write texts in the Spanish and Basque languages. In 1950, Villasante published La sierva de Dios M. Ángeles Sorazu, concepcionista franciscana. Estudio místico de su vida , which portrays the life of the conceptionist María de los Ángeles Sorazu as a mystical study. The text served as the basis for his dissertation, which he published at the end of the same year. Later he focused on the roots of the Christian faith in the books Jainkoa , Jesukristo , Eliza and Kristau fedea .

Villasante had been a member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language, the Euskaltzaindia, since 1951, and after Manuel Lekuona held its presidency from 1970 to 1988. He was also a member of EIZIE, the association of Basque translators and interpreters. Some of his translations included the annotated Gero and the spiritual autobiography Sorazu, published in Madrid in 1990.

In 1997 he was awarded the Lan Onari by the Basque Government.

Luis Villasante died at the age of 80 in the sanctuary of Arantzazu.

A park and the Basque Research Center of the Euskaltzaindia in San Sebastian were named after him.

Creating at the Euskaltzaindia

Members of the Euskaltzaindia at the sanctuary of Arantzazu (1972) from left to right: Koldo Mitxelena, Iratzeder, Jean Haritxelhar, Alfonso Irigoien, Luis Villasante, Jose Mari Satrustegi, Patxi Altuna e Imanol Berriatua. Below: Juan San Martín, Jose Luis Lizundia, Joseba Intxausti and Xabier Kintana.

Luis Villasante applied for standardized Basque at the academy, which is why he is called one of the "fathers of Euskara batua ". During the initial phase, he defended Federico Krutwig's concept with classic Laburdin as the basis for the standard language. However, Villasante changed his mind in favor of Koldo Mitxelena's model. Villasante continually dealt with the Basque language. He is the author of more than ten books and hundreds of specialist articles published in magazines such as the Bulletin of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País .

Luis Villasante researched the development and grammar of Basque. During his presidency at the Euskaltzaindia, he analyzed various aspects of morphology and syntax in the Luis Eleizalde collection . With the last book of the series Euskararen auziaz he addressed the problems of the Basque language and possible solutions.

Villasante also focused on the literature of the Basque Country, the findings of which were published in 1961 in Historia de la Literatura Vasca and the revised version published in 1979. One focus of his studies was the work of Gero von Axular . In 1973 Luis Villasante with the trilingual dictionary Axular-en Hiztegia the importance of the use of Axular lexicon as for the development of Basque literature. He wrote an annotated edition and a full translation of the work, which were published in 1976.

Works

religion

  • La sierva de Dios M. Ángeles Sorazu, concepcionista franciscana. Estudio místico de su vida, 1950
  • Nere izena zan Plorentxi. Angeles Sorazuren bizitza, 1961
  • San Martín de la Ascensión, Beasain, 1962
  • Jainkoa, 1962
  • Jesukristo Kristau fedearen sustraiak, San Sebastián, 1969
  • M. Angeles Sorazu: Un mensaje para tiempos dificiles, Oñate, 1981
  • Kristau fedearen sustraiak. III. Eliza, 1984
  • Kristau fedea. Teologi-saileko azalpena, Oñate, 1986
  • Angeles Sorazu: bizia eta mezua, 1990
  • Ideario y camino espiritual de Ángeles Sorazu, 1994
  • Nazareteko Jesusi buruz gogarteak, 1998

Basque literature

  • Historia de la Literatura Vasca, 1961
  • Axular. Mendea, Arizona, Liburua, Aranzazu, 1972

Basque language

  • Euskal gramatika llabur eta idazleen pusketa autatuak, Bilbao, 1956
  • Axular-en hiztegia. Euskara-Español-Français. Español-Euskara. Français-Euskara, 1973
  • Arantzazu-Oñati eta inguruko euskal hiztegia 1994
  • Euskararen auziaz, Oñate 1988
  • Paradigmas de la conjugación vasca, Aránzazu, 1955
  • El vocabulario vasco de Aranzazu-Oñate y zonas colindantes, ASJU, 1970
  • Sobre la Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca, Bilbao 1976

Luis Eleizalde

  • Hacia la lengua literaria común, Oñate, 1970
  • La declinación del vasco literario común, Oñate, 1972
  • Palabras vascas compuestas y derivadas, Oñate, 1974
  • Sintaxis de la oracion compuesta, Oñate, 1976
  • Estudios de sintaxis vasca, Oñate, 1978
  • La h en la ortografia vasca, Oñate, 1980
  • Sintaxis de la oracion simple, Oñate, 1980
  • La oracion causal en vasco, 1986
  • Euskararen auziaz, 1988

literature

  • José Antonio Arana Martija: Luis Villasanteren bio-bibliografia. Homenaje a Luis Villasante. Iker-6, Euskaltzaindia Bilbao 1992, ISBN 84-85479-64-5
  • Pako Sudupe: 50eko hamarkadako euskal literatura I. Hizkuntza eta ideologia eztabaidak. Utriusque Vasconiae, San Sebastian 2011, ISBN 978-84-938329-4-0
  • Pako Sudupe: 50eko hamarkadako euskal literatura II. Kazetaritza eta saiakera. Utriusque Vasconiae, San Sebastian 2011, ISBN 978-84-938329-5-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ José Antonio Arana Martija: Luis Villasanteren bio-bibliografia. Homenaje a Luis Villasante. Iker-6, Euskaltzaindia Bilbao 1992, ISBN 84-85479-64-5 , p. 18.
  2. ↑ José Antonio Arana Martija: Luis Villasanteren bio-bibliografia. Homenaje a Luis Villasante. Iker-6, Euskaltzaindia Bilbao 1992, ISBN 84-85479-64-5 , p. 20.
  3. ↑ José Antonio Arana Martija: Luis Villasanteren bio-bibliografia. Homenaje a Luis Villasante. Iker-6, Euskaltzaindia Bilbao 1992, ISBN 84-85479-64-5 , pp. 20-24
  4. ↑ Lan Onari. Retrieved August 28, 2019 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ Euskaltzaindia examina 50 años del batua. Retrieved August 28, 2019 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ José Antonio Arana Martija: Luis Villasanteren bio-bibliografia. Homenaje a Luis Villasante. Iker-6, Euskaltzaindia Bilbao 1992, ISBN 84-85479-64-5 , p. 23
  7. ↑ José Antonio Arana Martija: Luis Villasanteren bio-bibliografia. Homenaje a Luis Villasante. Iker-6, Euskaltzaindia Bilbao 1992, ISBN 84-85479-64-5 , p. 28
personal data
SURNAME Villasante, Luis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Villasante Kortabitarte, Luis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Basque-Spanish Franciscan, author and academic of the Euskaltzaindia
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Gernika , Spain
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 2000
Place of death Oñati , Spain