Academics and their works

Synopsis

The figure of Bonifacio Echegaray (Zumaia, 1878-Durango, 1956), better known the Basque-speaking regions as Don Boni, had been largely forgotten by Basque intellectuals until in late 2021 a group of writers and scholars felt it was time to recover the principal works of this Basque lawyer. This book collects the articles written by Echegaray between 1927 and 1933 in the different periodicals that made up the Basque press at the time. Like any compilation of journalistic pieces, this shows a moment in time and helps to understand many issues that affect us today, determining the lines of work and the political agenda in the Basque Country. In short, Echegaray proposes a unity of action for the Basque language, apart from party policies but the object of an effective policy that would today be described as language policy with positive outcomes for Basque.