Jose Manterola

Don José Manterola Beldarrain (1849-1884), born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa Province, Spain, was a Spanish 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.

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* [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/manterola_jose.htm Biography of José Manterola]
* [http://www.euskaraz.net/Argitalpenak/HerriLiteratura/Manterola José Manterola (euskaraz.net)]
* [http://zubitegia.armiarma.com/egileak/00303.htm Jose Manterola literaturaren zubitegian]