Patxi Zubizarreta was born in the Basque Country and lives in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where he finished his studies of Basque Philology. The Basque tradition -the roots- is present in Urrezko giltza (The Golden Key) —a work included in the IBBY Honour List— and in a book about the Spanish Civil War, Hiru gutun Iruñetik (Three letters from Pamplona). This topic was reflected in his performance titled Ants, horses, elephants at the Bologna Children´s Book Fair in 2015. Different types of journeys and migrations —the wings— are also shown in Zubizarreta´s prizewinning pieces like Usoa and Korri, Kuru, korri! (Xia Tenzin´s Wonderful Journey), a theme reflected in his performance titled Flying Over Paper at the IBBY congress in London. His translated piece from French to Basque, Le Petit Prince (Printze Txikia & The Little Prince) is also on the Honours List.
