Sabino Arana Goiri
Sabino Arana Goiri , Spanish also: (de) Arana y Goiri (born January 26, 1865 in Abando (district of Bilbao ), † November 25, 1903 in Sukarrieta ), was a Spanish writer and politician and of Basque descent.
life and work
Sabino Arana coined the Basque term Euzkadi (for Basque Country ) and is counted among the founders of radical Basque nationalism . His adoption of a particular Basque race is still partly shared today by the Basque nationalists. Its anthropological foundations have been refuted , among others, by Paul Broca .
During the Carlist Wars , his family emigrated to Bayonne in the French Basque Country in 1873 . In 1876 they returned to Bizkaia . Sabino Arana Goiri attended the Jesuit college in Orduña . After the death of their father, Santiago Arana, the mother and sons moved to Barcelona . After her mother's death, Sabino Arana returned to Bizkaia. In 1892 his work Bizcaya por su Independencia (German: 'Bizkaia for his independence') appeared, on July 31, 1895 he founded the Basque Nationalist Party ( Spanish: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Basque: Eusko Alderdi Jetzalea ) in Bilbao .
In 1899 he founded the daily El Correo Vasco , of which 103 issues appeared. At the Congreso Ortográfico de Hendaya in September 1901, one of the first attempts to define a unified Basque language, he was significantly involved. At the next congress in Hondarribi in 1902, the Eskual Zaleen Biltzarra ('Assembly of Basque Linguists') was founded and Sabino Arana was elected vice-president.
His poetic work consists u. a. from 33 poems and songs, including the text of the hymn the Basque Country, Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia . As a journalist, he published around 600 articles and 14 larger literary and political works. He designed the " flag of the Basque Country " used today by the Basque Country Autonomous Region .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arana Goiri, Sabino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arana y Goiri, Sabino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Basque writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilbao |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1903 |
| Place of death | Sukarrieta |