Joan Perez de Lazarraga

Juan Pérez de Lazarraga (Basque: Joan Perez Lazarraga; c.1548  11 April 1605) was a Basque writer, who was born and died in Larrea, Álava. Lazarraga, member of a family of the lower nobility originating in Oñati, was the Lord of Larrea.

Juan Pérez de Lazarraga
Bornc.1548
Died11 April 1605(1605-04-11) (aged 56–57)
Larrea, Álava, Crown of Castile
Occupations
  • Writer
  • genealogist

He is known for his manuscript, discovered in 2004. The text, written in the previously unattested Alavese dialect of Basque, is of great importance to philologists and linguists.

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