José Manterola, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Manterola

Basque writer

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1849

Place of Birth: Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 29-Feb-1884

Profession: writer, editor

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Don José Manterola Beldarrain (1849–1884), born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain, was a Basque writer who founded one of the most influential movements for cultivating the Basque language.
As a member of the Navarrese movement, he was best known for founding the bilingual magazine Euskal-Erria (meaning the country of the Basques) in 1880, and editing it until 1884.
Between 1877 and 1880 he published a three volume collection of Basque songs, Cancionero Vasco, complete with biographical, bibliographical, and critical notes.
They are generally regarded as being the first anthology of Basque poetry.