Jon Arretxe was born in Vizcaya in 1963 and now lives in Navarre. He studied piano, has a PhD in Basque Philology and a Degree in PE. Currently he is studying English Philology and French.
He spent ten years teaching Basque at Deusto University and three years teaching PE. He has been a writer since 1998 and gives talks on his books and travels.
Publications: Apart from translating some works, he has published about twenty books of his own work in Basque. Some of them already translated to Spanish: “Hakuna Matata”, ”Tubalu”, ”Basauriko euskara”, “Urrezko triangelua”, "Tuparen seme-alabak", "Harresi Handirantz", "Ostegunak" …