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The Día das Letras Galegas (Galician
Galician language

Galician is a language of the Iberian Romance languages branch, spoken in Galicia , an Autonomous communities of Spain located in northwestern Spain, as well as in small bordering zones in the neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castile and Le?n and in Northern Portugal....
 for "Galician Literature Day") is a holiday in Galicia. This holiday has taken place on May 17 since 1963.

The first holiday took place in 1963 to commemorate the centenary of Cantares gallegos, the first work written in the Galician language by Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro

Rosal?a Castro de Murgu?a better known as Rosal?a de Castro was a Galician language writer and poet.A native of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region of northwest Spain, she wrote in both Galician language and Spanish language....
 (1837–1885), who later became one of the most important poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
s in the history of Galicia.






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The Día das Letras Galegas (Galician
Galician language

Galician is a language of the Iberian Romance languages branch, spoken in Galicia , an Autonomous communities of Spain located in northwestern Spain, as well as in small bordering zones in the neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castile and Le?n and in Northern Portugal....
 for "Galician Literature Day") is a holiday in Galicia. This holiday has taken place on May 17 since 1963.

The first holiday took place in 1963 to commemorate the centenary of Cantares gallegos, the first work written in the Galician language by Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro

Rosal?a Castro de Murgu?a better known as Rosal?a de Castro was a Galician language writer and poet.A native of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region of northwest Spain, she wrote in both Galician language and Spanish language....
 (1837–1885), who later became one of the most important poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
s in the history of Galicia. Cantares gallegos was first published on May 17, 1863.

Since 1963, each Day of Galician Literature has been dedicated to a different writer in the Galician language. This writer must be dead, and is chosen by the Real Academia Galega
Real Academia Galega

The Real Academia Galega is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language....
 (Royal Galician Academy). There is only one precedent of a "shared" Day: in 1998, the festival was dedicated to Martín Codax
Martín Codax

Mart?n Codax was a medieval Galician people Trovadorismo, possibly from Vigo, Galicia , who probably lived in the latter part of the 13th century or possibly the beginning of the 14th century....
, Xohán de Cangas
Xohán de Cangas

Xoh?n de Cangas was a troubadour during the Middle Ages. He was born on Cangas de Morrazo, a little town on Pontevedra, Galicia .There is not much data on his life, although it is believed that it took place near Galician pazos....
 and Mendinho
Mendinho

Mendinho was a Middle Ages Galicia Troubadours from the 13th century. There is little known about him, he probably lived in Redondela, Vigo Vigo Bay or San Sim?n island....
, authors of cantigas de amigo during the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

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.

Previously assigned authors on Galician Literature Day

1963 Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro

Rosal?a Castro de Murgu?a better known as Rosal?a de Castro was a Galician language writer and poet.A native of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region of northwest Spain, she wrote in both Galician language and Spanish language....
 1964 Afonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao 1965 Eduardo Pondal
Eduardo Pondal

Eduardo Mar?a Gonz?lez-Pondal Abente was a Galician language poet....
 1966 Francisco Añón Paz 1967 Manuel Curros Enríquez
Manuel Curros Enríquez

Manuel Curros Enr?quez was a Galicia writer and journalist in Galician language, being currently considered one of the leading figures of Galician culture and identity....
 1968 Florentino López Cuevillas 1969 Antonio Noriega Varela 1970 Marcial Valladares Núñez 1971 Gonzalo López Abrente 1972 Valentín Lamas Carvajal 1973 Manuel Lago González 1974 Xoán V. Viqueira Cortón 1975 Xoán Manuel Pintos Villar 1976 Ramón Cabanillas 1977 Antón Vilar Ponte
Antón Vilar Ponte

Ant?n Vilar Ponte was born in Viveiro in 1881 and died in A Coru?a in 1936. He was one of the most important galicianism before the civil war. As a journalist he worked in A Nosa Terra, N?s, La Voz de Galicia, El Pueblo Gallego, and El Noroste....
 1978 Antonio López Ferreiro 1979 Manuel Antonio 1980 King Alfonso X O Sabio (The Learned)
Alfonso X of Castile

Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the Kingdom of Castile, Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Galicia from 1252 until his death. He also was elected List of German monarchs in 1257, though the Papacy prevented his confirmation....
 of Castile 1981 Vicente Risco
Vicente Risco

Vicente Mart?nez Risco Ag?ero was a Galicia intellectual of the 20th Century Galicia. He was a founder member of Xeraci?n N?s, and among the most important figures in the history of Galician literature....
 1982 Luis Amado Carballo 1983 Manuel Leiras Pulpeiro 1984 Armando Cotarelo Valledor 1985 Antón Losada Diéguez 1986 Aquilino Iglesia Alvariño 1987 Francisca H. Garrido 1988 Ramón Otero Pedrayo 1989 Celso Emilio Ferreiro
Celso Emilio Ferreiro

Celso Emilio Ferreiro M?nguez was a Galicianism activist, writer and political journalist.He was born in a well-off Galicianist family. When he was 20 years old, in 1932, he created the Mocedades Galeguistas de Celanova with Xos? Velo Mosquera; in 1934 he also participated in the creation of the Federaci?n de Mocedades Galeguistas....
 1990 Luis Pimentel 1991 Álvaro Cunqueiro
Álvaro Cunqueiro

?lvaro Cunqueiro Mora was an Galician people writer. He is the author of many works in both Galician language and Spanish language, including Merl?n e familia ....
 1992 Fermín Bouza-Brey 1993 Eduardo Blanco Amor 1994 Luís Seoane
Luís Seoane

Lu?s Seoane was a lithographer and artist. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 1, 1910, of Galician immigrants, he spent much of his childhood and youth in Galicia ....
 1995 Rafael Dieste 1996 Xesús Ferro Couselo 1997 Ánxel Fole 1998 Martín Codax
Martín Codax

Mart?n Codax was a medieval Galician people Trovadorismo, possibly from Vigo, Galicia , who probably lived in the latter part of the 13th century or possibly the beginning of the 14th century....
, Xohán de Cangas
Xohán de Cangas

Xoh?n de Cangas was a troubadour during the Middle Ages. He was born on Cangas de Morrazo, a little town on Pontevedra, Galicia .There is not much data on his life, although it is believed that it took place near Galician pazos....
 and Mendinho
Mendinho

Mendinho was a Middle Ages Galicia Troubadours from the 13th century. There is little known about him, he probably lived in Redondela, Vigo Vigo Bay or San Sim?n island....
 1999 Roberto Blanco Torres 2000 Manuel Murguía
Manuel Murguía

Manuel Murguia was a Galician people journalist and historian who created the Real Academia Galega. He was one of the main figures in Galician Rexurdimento movement....
 2001 Eladio Rodríguez
Eladio Rodriguez

Eladio Rodriguez is a baseball player from the Dominican Republic. He was the starting catcher for the Modi?in Miracle in the Israel Baseball League....
 2002 Frei Martín Sarmiento 2003 Antón Avilés de Taramancos 2004 Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández
Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández

Xaqu?n Lorenzo Fern?ndez, Xocas, was born in June 23, 1907 in Ourense; and he died there the July 19 of 1989. He studied in Ourense, and his teacher was Ram?n Otero Pedrayo....
 2005 Lourenzo Varela 2006 Manuel Lugrís Freire 2007 María Mariño
María Mariño

Mar?a Mari?o Carou was a Galician people writer. She was born on June 8th 1918 in a house on R?a Cega in Noia, A Coru?a province. She was the daughter of Xos? Mari?o Pais, a shoe maker....
 2008 Xosé María Álvarez Blázquez 2009 Ramón Piñeiro