Joxe Anjel Irigarai

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Biography: Born in a Navarre family, his relation with the culture and the society goes back to his infancy. He gave his first steps with the management of the publication Umeen Deia or in the organization in favor of the euskara " Prince of Viana " (organizing championships of bertsolaris, examinations for children and others). He was a member of Ez Dok Amairu from 1965 until 1972. In the 70s he was employed at the department of Anthropology of the Sciences Association Aranzadi. From 1995 until 2003 he has taken part in the culture department of the associations Bilboko Zenbat Gara and Kafe Antzokia, and he has helped a lot in their evolution. The decade of the 60s became a period of writing, out and inside Ez Dok Amairu. Since then, he has been the author of many articles, collaborations, epilogues and books: poetry (Kondairaren ihauterian, Bizi minaren olerkian, Urdinkara, Joan-jinaren labirintoan), essays (Euskera eta Nafarroa, Euskara bizitzaren kenkan, Orekaren mintzoa) and prose (Gauerdiko ele galduak).