Gotzon Garate Goihartzun (1 September 1934 – 1 October 2008) was a

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and Spanish writer and linguist, collector of Basque

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theologian. He made a significant contribution to Basque philology, sequentially from the Castilian tongue scraping borrowing. He was a

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, possessed by most of the

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, English, German,

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, and a number of other, often while traveling to a country where the language was spoken, for the purpose of its study.Gotzon Gárate, el filólogo de la naturalidad
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Works

Narration

*Aldarte oneko ipuinak (1982, Gero) *Nafarroako Ezkurran (1981, Gero) *Lehortean (1979) *Muskilak (1980, Mensajero)

Novel

*Zilarrezko gazteluaren kronika urratua (1992, Gero) *Alaba (1984, Elkar) *Hadesen erresumarantz (1983, Elkar) *Izurri berria (1981) *Goizuetako ezkongabeak (1979, Zugaza) *Elizondoko eskutitzak (1977, Gero) *Esku leuna (1977, CAP)

Essay

*Euskal eleberrien kondaira (2001, Gero) *Atzerriko eta Euskal Herriko polizia eleberria (2000, Elkar) *Euskal atsotitzak (1995, Gero) *Marxen marxismoa (1971, Mensajero) *Euskal elaberrien kondaira – 2 (1985, Mensajero) *Leninen marxismoa (1983, Mensajero) *Marxen ondoko errebisionismoa, Rosa Luxemburg (1974, Mensajero) *Lenin eta nazioen autodeterminazioa (1980, Mensajero) *Marx eta nazioa (1972, Mensajero) *Euskal elaberrien kondaira – 3 (1991, Mensajero)

Chronicle

*Zakurra, zeure laguna (2002, Elkar) *India harrigarria (2001, Elkar) *New York City (1988, Elkar) *New Yorkeko kronika beltza eta beste kontu periferiko batzuk (2004, Elkar)

Diccionarios

*Erdarakadak (1988, Gero)

Collectibles

*Lauaxeta menderik mende (2005, Mendebalde Kultur Alkartea)

References

External links

Argizaiola 2005: Gotzon Garate, Feria del Libro y del Disco Vasco de Durango

L’écrivain basque Gotzon Garate est décédé

Gotzon Garate Euskal Idazleen Elkartearen atarian

Barren aldizkarian Gotzon Garateri eskainitiako gehigarri monografikoa

"Euskara bihotz zuen idazlea" ("Berria"n)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goihartzun, Gotzon Garate Basque writers 1934 births 2008 deaths Paremiologists Basque Roman Catholic priests Basque Jesuits 20th-century Spanish Jesuits Proverb scholars People from Elgoibar Basque-language writers