WRITER

Bernardo Atxaga

1951 - Today

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Bernardo Atxaga (born 27 July 1951), pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator. He is a full member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language since 2006, in November 2010, he was also named a member of Jakiunde, Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernardo Atxaga has received more than 55,566 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernardo Atxaga is the 2,887th most popular writer (up from 3,309th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,050th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 53.28

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Obabakoak
Basques, Fiction
Bi anai
El Hombre Solo
Siete casas en Francia
Two Basque stories

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernardo Atxaga ranks 2,887 out of 7,302Before him are Zülfü Livaneli, Avetik Isahakyan, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Hyginus Gromaticus, Tomas Venclova, and Venedikt Yerofeyev. After him are Antiphanes, Fazil Iskander, Yūko Tsushima, John Fletcher, Tom Stoppard, and Francisco Ayala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Bernardo Atxaga ranks 163Before him are Hans-Joachim Stuck, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Angelique Rockas, Zeudi Araya, Angela Voigt, and Gregory Winter. After him are Timo Salonen, Walter de Silva, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Isa Mustafa.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bernardo Atxaga ranks 957 out of 3,355Before him are Luis de Narváez (1500), Ramón Franco (1896), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Juan Mata (1988), Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888), and Agustina de Aragón (1786). After him are Francisco Ayala (1906), Guillermo Gorostiza (1909), María Blanchard (1881), Pablo Gargallo (1881), Kiti Mánver (1953), and Eduardo Dato (1856).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Bernardo Atxaga ranks 101Before him are Juvencus (400), Louis of Granada (1504), Luis Cernuda (1902), Juan Marsé (1933), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), and Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888). After him are Francisco Ayala (1906), Jorge Guillén (1893), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), and Juan Ruiz (1283).