Los académicos de la Ribera: Peralta, Iribarren y Garde [The academics of the Ribera. Peralta, Iribarren and Garde]

Abstract

The article compiles the contributions of the three corresponding members (euskaltzain urgazle) from the Ribera region who have belonged to Euskaltzaindia over its history: the Capuchin Celestino Peralta Lapuerta (Caparroso, 1879-Buenos Aires, 1929), the writer José María Iribarren Rodriguez (Tudela, 1906-Pamplona, 1971) and the priest Marcelino Garde Villafranca (Carcastillo, 1925-1990). Celestino Peralta wrote several books to help learn the Basque language under the pseudonym Arrigarai, most worthy of note being his grammar of the language Euskel irakaspidea (1919). As a result, he was appointed a member of the academy on the 26th of October 1919. The most important work from the vast bibliography of José María Iribarren as far as the study of the Basque language is concerned and the reason why he was named a member of the academy in 1955 was his 1952 Vocabulario navarro (Navarrese vocabulary). Marcelino Garde was named a member of the academy in 1964 for the work he did in favour of the Basque language spoken in the Roncal Valley as parish priest in the villages of Uztarrotz and Garde. He later worked as editor of the Basque-language supplement to the journal Príncipe de Viana from 1973 until its disappearance in 1985 and edited the Basque-language page published in the newspaper Diario de Navarra from 1976 until his death.