along with all his companions, including Txema Auzmendi, Martxelo Otamendi, Xabier Oleaga and Iñaki Uria. From 2015–2017 he served as Chairman of the PuntuEUS Foundation. Prizes Among others, he has received the following prizes: Euskadi Silver Prize (1997), for the most sold book being in the Market of Book Day celebrated in San Sebastian. Euskal Kultura gaur. Liburuaren mundua (Basque Culture today. The world of the book). Euskadi Silver Prize (1998), for the most sold book being in the Market of Book Day celebrated in San Sebastián. El libro negro del euskera (The black book of Basque language). Irun City Literature Award (1999), in the category of essay for the work, “La censura de Franco y el tema vasco” (Franco's Censorship and the Basque Issue). Honorific mention, in the XIXth Rikardo Arregi Journalism Prize (2007). Lauaxeta Prize (2010), given by the Chartered Provincial Council of Bizkaia for his work to explore and promote the Basque language. Dabilen Elea prize (2011) Prize Manuel Lekuona (2015) awarded by Eusko Ikaskuntza (the Basque Studies Society). References Bibliographers Basque-language writers 1942 births 2020 deaths Sociolinguists Basque language activists Basque writers People from Busturialdea Basque journalists Basque-language scholars University of Deusto alumni University of the Basque Country alumni