Resurrección María de Azkue

Who was Resurrección María de Azkue?

Resurrección María de Azkue was an influential Basque priest, musician, poet, writer, sailor and academic. He made several major contributions to the study of the Basque language and was the first head of the Euskaltzaindia, the Academy of the Basque Language. In spite of some justifiable criticism of an imbalance towards unusual and archaic forms and a tendency to ignore the Romance influence on Basque, he is considered one of the greatest scholars of Basque to date.

His full name is Resurreccion de Jesus Maria de las Nieves Azkue Aberasturi Barrundia Uribarri but he commonly known as Resurrección María de Azkue, R.M. Azkue or simply Azkue.