Elías Amézaga [SEP] date of birth
Elías Amézaga
Elías Amézaga (1921–2008) was a Spanish writer. He was born in Bilbao on 9 August 1921 and died in Guecho on 13 April 2008.
Education and work.
He obtained a law degree from the University of Oviedo. After more than 25 years of research he completed a bio-bibliography of ten volumes entitled "Basque authors". He wrote more than sixty plays, essays and biographies on Miguel de Unamuno, Jose Maria Salaverria, Sabino Arana, José Antonio Aguirre, Jose Maria Olivares Larrondo
Amézaga
- "Elías Amezaga: Life and Work", (San Sebastián, 2009) by Abraham Amezaga.
He was honoured with a tribute on April 13, 2011 (the anniversary of his death), via the establishment of the First Elias Amezaga Prize. The first winner was Arrola Ildefonso, playwright and Bilboan journalist, who was also a personal friend of the honoree.
External links.
- Official website
- News of Elías Amézaga's death
- Obituary published in El Mundo