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A book on the history of the Basques from the 17th...

Guerra Carlista. batalla de Luchana
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We've mentioned the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno on many occasions.  For a country as small...

Belaustegigoitia, the (oft-omitted) Basque nationalist who was recently awarded Nicaragua’s highest...

Gentzane Belaustegigoitia recoge la orden Ruben Dario entregada por le Gobierno de Nicaragua a su abuelo Ramón
Our more regular readers may well remember our references to Ramón Belaustegigoitia.  Today, we're speaking of him again because the government of Nicaragua has...

“Homeland” by Aramburu, and a spot-on review from the ‘New York...

Fernando Aramburu - Ivan Gimenez
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We have to admit that "Homeland" by Fernando Arámburu didn't really seem like more than a passable, if...

How the Basques became appreciated immigrants in the American West. ...

Basque Immigrants and Nevad’s Sheep Industry Iker Saitua
IKER SAITUA is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of California, Riverside and the University of the Basque Country...

The Russian Jew and his 1917 book, “The History of the...

Libro «La historia de los Vascongados en el Oeste» publicado en USA en 917
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Basque Museum and Cultural Center in Boise is an "old friend" of our regular readres. Really, it's one...

A magnificent review of “Nevada Days” by Bernardo Atxaga in the...

Atxaga en Pyramid Lake durante sus Nevada days
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Etxepare Institute collaborates every year in translating the books of Basque authors into other languages, to help...

References to the Basque Country in modern popular culture – An incomplete...

"The Very Old Folk"- H.P Lovecraft
“Hartza Salazar” is a Basque living outside the borders of our country who read, as he tells us, a few days ago, our article...

The newest Dan Brown book starts its tale at the Bilbao...

Bilbao arranque de "Origins", la nueva novela de Dan Brown
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today, media around the world are reporting on Dan Brown’s next book, the latest in a series that...

A book by Daniel Innerarity, published in Portuguese, and commented on...

Daniel Innenarity
This article was translated by John R. Bopp In 2015, Basque philosopher, linguist, author, and translator Daniel Innerarity published La Política en Tiempos de Indignación (Politics...

A trip through the Italian peninsula by Navarrese rabbi and traveler...

Grabado que representa a Benjamin de Tudela
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp The website Italia Mediavale has just published an article on the launch of Peter Hubscher’s new book Beniamino...