Andoni Egaña

Andoni Egaña
Andoni Egaña in the National Championship of Bertsolaris of the Basque Country in 2009
Born (1961-10-02) October 2, 1961
Zarautz, Gipuzkoa
Language Basque
Nationality Basque
Literary movement bertsolari

Andoni Egaña Makazaga (Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, 2 October 1961) is a Basque bertsolari and writer. He studied Basque Philology in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Life

He started singing at the age of 17, and his first appearance in public was in a wedding in the Salegi Restaurant, in the town of Itziar.[1] In 1982 he took part for the first time in a bertsolari championship, the lizardi contest in Zarautz[2] He won the National Championship of Versolaris of the Basque Country, maximum competition of the discipline, in four occasions, having the record of victories that a bertsolari has achieved in history: he was finalist in the years 1986 and 1989, and won in the editions of 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005.[3] In 2009 he achieved fourth place, yielding the chapela (a hat that is given as trophy to the winner of the competition) to Maialen Lujanbio, first woman in obtaining the award.[4]

Bibliography[5]

Narration

  • Sokratikoek ere badute ama (The Socratics also have mother)(1989, Erein) ISBN 9788475689456, OCLC 863164268

Novel

  • Pausoa noiz luzatu (When to speed up) (1998, EEF-Alberdania)

Essay

  • Zozoak beleari (1997, Alberdania) (with Jon Sarasua) ISBN 9788488669520, OCLC 644692739
  • Hogeita bina (Twenty two for each one) (2004, Hariadna)

Children's and juvenile literature

  • Zaudete geldi pixka batean (1999, Elkar)
  • Mendian (In the mountain) (2000, Alberdania)
  • Niri ez zait futbola gustatzen, eta zer? (I don't like football, and what?)(2000, Elkarlanean)

Biography

  • Basarri (1999, Sendoa)
  • Imanol Urbieta, Luzea da bidea (Imanol Urbieta, long is the way)(2002, Ibaizabal)

Articles

  • Aitaren batean (In an instant) (1990, Elkar)

References

  1. ↑ Egaña's biography in BDB bertsolaritza's data base .http://bdb.bertsozale.eus/en/web/haitzondo/view/602-andoni-egaa
  2. ↑ Interview with Andoni Egaña in Oral Tradition magazine. http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/22ii/12_goikoetxea.pdf
  3. ↑ Short article about the championship in Oral Tradition magazine http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/22ii/2_foley.pdf
  4. ↑ (in Basque) Sailkapena (Bertsolari Txapelketa Nagusia, Bertsozale Elkartea)
  5. ↑ Egaña's literary works http://zubitegia.armiarma.eus/?i=172
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