caption death_date death_place birth_name pseudonym birth_place subject influences notableworks birth_date language genre image article_title name occupation
txillardegi in 2007 14 january 2012 san sebastián -lrb- donostia -rrb- , spain josé luis Álvarez enparantza txillardegi san sebastián -lrb- donostia -rrb- , spain standard basque , nationalism kierkegaard , unamuno , sartre , bertrand russell '' huntaz eta hartaz '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- '' hizkuntza eta leturiaren pentsakera '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- '' euskal herria helburu '' egunkari -lrb- 1994 -rrb- ezkutua '' -lrb- 1957 -rrb- '' 27 september 1929 basque novel , essay txillardegi.jpg txillardegi
 txillardegi linguist , politician and writer
txillardegi

josé luis Álvarez enparantza -lrb- 27 september 1929 -- 14 january 2012 -rrb- better known by his pseudonym txillardegi , was a basque linguist , politician and writer .
born in san sebastián -lrb- basque country -rrb- , he did not learn the basque language until the age of 17 , but came to be considered one of the most influential figures in basque nationalism and culture in the second half of the 20th century .
