Background
She was born in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco.
She was born in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco.
University of Barcelona.
Student in the University of Barcelona, Urretabizkaia wrote the screenplays of: A los cuatro vientos, (English title: To the Four Winds), 1987 (Basque - released as a film in 1985) Albaniaren konkista, (Basque title: Albaniaren konkista), 1984. In 1981 she also acted in Louisiana Fuga de Segovia film (English title: Escape from Segovia). The Basque theatre company Agerre Teatroa adapted her novel «Zergatik Panpox?» and performed in Madrid the resulting monologue, an interpretation by Maite Agirre of the feminine condition and finance de siècle solitude.
In 1988, the Basque Government"s Department of Culture and Tourism created the Premio de Merecimiento de las Letras Vascas and appointed Urretabizkaia a member to represent Basque cultural interests.