Kresala

The masterpiece of classical Basque prose, published in 1643. A moral treatise against putting everything off until later, written with a richness of language that is still the model for literary Basque.

Pedro Agerre Axular

Considered the first novel written in Basque, around 1802. Dialogues between a wise Biscayan farmer and a town barber paint rural life and defend the richness of the language.

Juan Antonio Mogel

A short novel from 1889 and a gem of Northern Basque literature. The life of a character from rural Lapurdi, told with humor in lively, popular Basque.

Jean Baptiste Elizanburu

Txomin Agirre's mountain novel, published in 1912. It follows a family of shepherds in the farmhouses around Arantzazu and is seen as the high point of the Basque novel of customs.

Txomin Agirre

Txomin Agirre's first novel, published in 1898. A historical story set in the Middle Ages that blends romance, faith and legend in the Basque Country.

Txomin Agirre