Centre for Romanian Studies

Why ARGIA?

This Basque-speaking weekly published on its front page of October 2009 a feature article on “Herta MULLER – THE JOURNEY TO THE 2009 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE”

We asked San Sebastian journalist Karlos Zurutuza, to tell us something about ARGIA:

“ARGIA ASTEKARIA is a  Basque-speaking weekly which covers  Basque culture and both national and international  current affairs. The on line version (www.argia.com) offers the chance to access the information in PDF format but also a multimedia section which helps strenghthen the written info via the latest audio-visual systems.This year, ARGIA celebrates its 90th anniversary as the most veteran Basque media still alive as well as century-old (almost) archival resource on the Basque culture.”

from our Basque correspondent in Pakistan - Karlos Zurutuza

ARGIA published before material of Romanian interest: Zurutuza, who speaks fluent Romanian is a regular contributor of ARGIA and among his articles he published one on the Romanian-speaking minorities South of the Danube, in the Balkan peninsula, that is the Vlachs of Greece, Albania, Serbia Montenegro and Bulgaria:

http://www.argia.com/argia-astekaria/2059/balkanetako-nomaden-azken-bidaia

Bernardo ATXAGA (b. 1951)

Quite independently of this Basque focussing on Romanian topics, the Centre for Romanian Studies (London) had published translations of Basque poetry by Bernardo Atxaga and Kirmen Uribe:

“VIATA” (Bizitzak) de Bernardo ATXAGA – Poet Basc (n.1951)

http://www.romanianstudies.org/content/2006/06/

Kirmen URIBE, Basque Poet

NU MA FACE SA ALEG (EZ EMAN       HAUTATZEKO) : Trei poeme de Kirmen URIBE (b. 1970) POET BASC

http://www.romanianstudies.org/content/2003/06/

Romanian-speaking Vlachs of Maloviste (Macedonia). Photo copyright K. Zurutuza

as well as Zurutuza’s “Vlach Journal’ in 2002:

http://www.romanianstudies.org/content/2003/06/

LA MULTI ANI, ARGIA!  and Many Happy Returns!

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