Agosti Xaho
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Augustin Chaho in French or Agosti Xaho in Basque was an important Romantic
Basque
writer. He was born in Tardets (Atharratze in basque), Soule
, French Basqueland in 10 October 1811 and died in Bayonne
(Baiona in Basque), Labourd
23 October 1858. It is usually said that he studied in Paris with Charles Nodier
.
He wrote Travel to Navarre during the insurrection of the Basques (1830-1835) (1836, in French, on his experiences in the First Carlist War
, which he interprets as an ethnic war of Basques against Spain), The Legend of Aitor
(in which he invented a national creation myth, that had great acceptance for some time) and Azti-Begia (The Soothsayer's Eye in Souletin Basque
).
He was a republican supporter, and became councillor in Bayonne and the Basses-Pyrénées department. He headed the revolution of 1848 in Bayonne. After the Bonapartist coup of 1851
, he escaped to Vitoria (Gasteiz in Basque), in Alava
, Spanish Basqueland.
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
writer. He was born in Tardets (Atharratze in basque), Soule
Soule
Soule is a former viscounty and French province and part of the present day Pyrénées-Atlantiques département...
, French Basqueland in 10 October 1811 and died in Bayonne
Bayonne
Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
(Baiona in Basque), Labourd
Labourd
Labourd is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. It is historically one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country....
23 October 1858. It is usually said that he studied in Paris with Charles Nodier
Charles Nodier
Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier , was a French author who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, vampire tales, and the importance of dreams as part of literary creation, and whose career as a librarian is often underestimated by literary...
.
He wrote Travel to Navarre during the insurrection of the Basques (1830-1835) (1836, in French, on his experiences in the First Carlist War
First Carlist War
The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833-1839.-Historical background:At the beginning of the 18th century, Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain, promulgated the Salic Law, which declared illegal the inheritance of the Spanish crown by women...
, which he interprets as an ethnic war of Basques against Spain), The Legend of Aitor
Aitor
Aitor is a Basque masculine given name, created by Agosti Xaho for a Basque ancestral patriarch descending from the Biblical Tubal in his work "The Legend of Aitor" ....
(in which he invented a national creation myth, that had great acceptance for some time) and Azti-Begia (The Soothsayer's Eye in Souletin Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
).
He was a republican supporter, and became councillor in Bayonne and the Basses-Pyrénées department. He headed the revolution of 1848 in Bayonne. After the Bonapartist coup of 1851
French coup of 1851
The French coup d'état on 2 December 1851, staged by Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , ended in the successful dissolution of the French National Assembly, as well as the subsequent re-establishment of the French Empire the next year...
, he escaped to Vitoria (Gasteiz in Basque), in Alava
Álava
Álava is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Álava. Its capital city is Vitoria-Gasteiz which is also the capital of the autonomous community...
, Spanish Basqueland.
External links
- CHAHO, Joseph Augustin in the Spanish-language Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia
- Online edition of 'Azti-Begia'
- Augustin Chaho. Precursor incomprendido. Un précurseur incompris (1811-1858), in Spanish and French, by Xabier Zabaltza