Bertol Arrieta Kortajarena

Writer

A Zarautz native living in Donostia, a writer who studied Computer Science. A two-meter-tall man, a father of two children, and a two-sided coin: playful and provocative at times, melancholic and hypersensitive at others. "Just in case, don't do it" is said to be the worst piece of advice he was ever given; since then, he enjoys new challenges: he started out writing short story books ("Alter ero", "Diesel"...), leaped into children's and young adult literature ("Burua galdu zuen jirafa", "Besarkada bat, beharbada"...), then came his first novel (the erotic comedy "Gezurra berdaderoa"), and later he became obsessed with comics ("Hodeien gaineko aldean", with Sandra Garayoa; "Jende modernoa", with Helena Azkarragaurizar). And what now? Now theater! Ever since winning the Café Bar Bilbao short theater award with his work "Zure sotoko ardoa", he has dreamed of seeing one of his plays performed on stage. And he has no intention of giving up. He has also dabbled in cinema; although without any rush: it took him a mere fifteen years to finish his first feature film, the documentary "14 heriotzena".