Nimbos · Vigo · 1961
One book of thirty-two poems, and the argument about writing in Galician at all
Xosé María Díaz Castro published one collection and nothing else in his lifetime. It is among the most quoted books in the language. This site reads it entry by entry, and sets it against the revival that made a printed Galician literature possible.
A reading in a plain hall. Most people who know these poems learned them by ear, which is how the language survived four centuries with almost no printed literature.
Where to start
Three entries that between them cover the ground, the tradition and the problem of translation.
01Os Vilares, Guitiriz
The parish in the Terra Chá he came from, and the flat wet country its speech belongs to.
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02Rosalía de Castro
Cantares gallegos, 1863, made Galician a literary language again after centuries in which it was spoken but barely written.
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03What translation keeps
Carrying a poem from a small language into a large one always loses something; the question is which loss you choose.
Read this entry →Five sections to walk through
Three entries in each. Start anywhere.
Who keeps this reading
Presses and institutions whose work keeps Galician letters in living memory.
Libraries and reading rooms
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