Forest of Ash: The Earliest Written Basque Poetry: 4 (Bidart Family Collection) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1949805859 ISBN 13: 9781949805857

Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press, 2024

Synopsis

Forest of Ash offers to English language readers many of the oldest known fragments of poems and songs in Basque, bits and pieces of a distant time, place, and language. It is a collection of poems that can live, breathe, and speak to us now about the wars and conflicts that affected the Basques of the fifteenth century.

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About the Author

XABIER IRUJO is professor of genocide studies for the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. He was the first guest research scholar of the Manuel Irujo Chair at the University of Liverpool and has taught seminars on genocide and cultural genocide at Boise State University in Idaho, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds three master's degrees in linguistics, history, and philosophy and has two PhDs in history and philosophy. Dr. Irujo has lectured in nearly one hundred American and European universities and academic or cultural institutions. He has published on issues related to Basque history and politics and has specialized throughout his career in genocide studies with a focus on physical and cultural extermination. Dr. Irujo has authored more than fifteen books and a number of articles in specialized journals and has received awards and honors at a national and international level. His recent books include Gernika: Genealogy of a Lie (Sussex Academic Press, 2018), "Arrasaré Vizcaya". 2000 bombardeos aéreos en Euskadi (University of the Basque Country Press, 2020), and Legal History of the Basque Language (HAEE, Bilbao, 2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1949805859
• ISBN 13: 9781949805857
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196
• Editor: Irujo Xabier, Romtvedt David