Aurelia Arkotxa

Aurelia Arkotxa (born 3 October 1953 Baigorri, Lower Navarre) is a Basque writer and academic.

She graduated from the University of Bordeaux and the ASJU with a thesis on the work of Gabriel Aresti. She teaches classics at the University of Bayonne; she was co-founder of the literary magazine and a new newspaper. She researches the Basque language and texts by renowned IKER at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique; she is a member and director of the magazine Lapurdum.

In 2003, he was appointed associate member of the academy; in 2007, a member of the Basque Academy; and, on 3 November 2009, the Basque Vice-President.

• Atari ahantziak (Pamiela, 1993). Poetry.
• Septentrio (Alberdania, 2001), Novel.
  • Aurelia Arkotxa; Arantzazu Fernández; Elisabete Tolaretxipi (2006). Septentrio. Alberdania. ISBN 978-84-96643-42-0. 

• "ARKOTXA, Aurelia:Septentrio. Basque Literature Portal". www.basqueliterature.com. Retrieved 2016-09-21.