Writer from San Sebastian, former librarian of the Municipal Library of San Sebastian and professor of history, born on January 7, 1931. He is the son of the researcher and historian, Mr. Fausto Arocena, and brother of the painter Javier Arocena. He has collaborated in the Bulletin of the Basque Society of Friends of the Country , Egan and Bulletin of the Seminar of Archaeological Studies , with topics of historical research. In 1959 he published the work O acinos y gambonos. Introducci na la Guerra de Bandos .