Literature by Galician authors
The literature written by Galician authors has been developed in both Galician language literature and Spanish literature. The earliest works written in Galician language are from the early 13th-century trovadorismo tradition. In the Middle Ages, Galego-português (Galician-Portuguese) was a language of culture, poetry (troubadours) and religion throughout not only Galicia and Portugal but also Castile.
After the separation of Portuguese and Galician, Galician was considered provincial and was not widely used for literary or academic purposes. It was with the Rexurdimento ("Rebirth"), in the mid-19th century that Galician was used again in literature, and then in politics.
Authors[]
Main authors in both Galician and Spanish[]
- Alfonso X of Castile
- Rosalía de Castro
- Filomena Dato
- Padre Feijoo
- Manuel Murguía
- Manuel Rivas
- Álvaro Cunqueiro
- Manuel Curros Enríquez
- Eduardo Pondal
- Vicente Risco
- Celso Emilio Ferreiro
- Rafael Dieste
- Eduardo Blanco Amor
Main authors in Galician[]
- Mendinho
- Xurxo Borrazás
- Martín Codax
- Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao
- Carlos Casares Mouriño
- Suso de Toro
- Xosé Neira Vilas
- Antón Vilar Ponte
- Luís Seoane
- Xohán de Cangas
For a more extensive list of Galician language writers, see Día das Letras Galegas.
Main authors in Spanish[]
- Ramón del Valle-Inclán
- Camilo José Cela (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1989)
- Emilia Pardo Bazán
- Concepción Arenal
- Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
- Wenceslao Fernández Flórez
- Benito Vicetto Pérez
- Nicomedes Pastor Díaz
- Blanca Andreu
Other authors[]
- Ignacio Ramonet - works in Spanish and French
- Federico García Lorca - the poet from Granada, wrote "Six Galician Poems" in Galician language
See also[]
- Galician language literature
- Lists of writers by nationality
- Spanish literature
- Writers from Galicia (Spain)