Lois Pereiro
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Luis Ángel Sánchez Pereiro alias Lois Pereiro (b. Monforte de Lemos
, 16 February 1958-d. A Coruña
, 24 May 1996) was a Galician
poet and writer.
Galician Literature Day was dedicated to him in 2011.
. He studied in the school of the Escolapios, and began to write at 15 years of age. After finalising the COU (pre-university course) he left for Madrid
, where he started his university studies of Political Sciences and Sociology. After a stay in Monforte working in the family company, devoted to the glass industry, he returned to Madrid to study English
, French
and German
. There he founded the magazine Loia with Antón Patiño, Manuel Rivas
and his brother Xosé Manuel Pereiro.
In 1981 he went to live in A Coruña
, where he joined the magazine La Naval. At that time he came into contact with a group of poets: Xavier Seoane, Francisco Salinas Portugal and Xulio López Valcárcel, participating in several anthologies such as De amor e desamor (1984) and De amor e desamor II (1985), and collaborating in magazines like La Naval, Trilateral, Anima+l and Luzes of Galiza. He published in 1997, in the magazine Luzes of Galiza, the eight chapters of the short novel Náufragos do Paradiso.
Between 1983 and 1987 he travelled with Fernando Saco in Europe
. He worked translating German, French and English for cinema dubbing and, especially, in television, dubbing as much conventional series (episodes of Dallas
and Kung fu
) as pornographic film.
He only published two collections of poems in his life, Poemas 1981/1991 (1992) and Poesía última de amor e enfermidade (1995). In 1996, the year of his death, Poemas para unha Loia, came to light which collected together works of his Madrid period, published in the magazine Loia, and included the essay
Modesta proposición para renunciar a facer xirar a roda hidráulica dunha cíclica historia universal da infamia, published in the 27th volume of Luzes de Galiza.
With regard to the cause of the death of Pereiro, in spite of suffering AIDS
, it was an accumulation of illnesses that finished with liver failure
. Officially and in accordance with a sentence of the Provincial Audience of Lugo, after a lawsuit so that the State paid the burial, the reason of his death was intoxication by denatured rapeseed oil
.
, Catalan
and Basque
, together with the original texts in Galician
.
Finally, on 26 June 2010 the Royal Galician Academy published its decision to devote Galician Literature Day 2011 to him. The Academy appreciated:
In words of the writer and member of the Royal Galician Academy Manuel Rivas
:
on his gravestone at Santa Cristina do Viso (O Incio), gives a sample of the rawness and nakedness of his poetry:
Monforte de Lemos
Monforte de Lemos is a city and municipality in northwestern Spain, in the province of Lugo, Galicia. It covers an area of 200 km² and lies 62 km from Lugo. As of 2005 it had a population of 19,472. It is located in a valley between the shores of Sil River and Miño River, in the area...
, 16 February 1958-d. A Coruña
A Coruña
A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
, 24 May 1996) was a Galician
Galician people
The Galicians are an ethnic group, a nationality whose historical homeland is Galicia in north-western Spain. Most Galicians are bilingual, speaking both their historic language, Galician, and Castilian Spanish.-Political and administrative divisions:...
poet and writer.
Galician Literature Day was dedicated to him in 2011.
Biography
He was born in Monforte de Lemos, into a family from O IncioO Incio
O Incio is a municipality in the province of Lugo in Galicia in north-west Spain.The main attraction is the small church of Hospital, surrounded by oak and chestnut forest in a western orientated narrow valley. It is a very well preserved Romanesque church from the 12th century, in of grey marble...
. He studied in the school of the Escolapios, and began to write at 15 years of age. After finalising the COU (pre-university course) he left for Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, where he started his university studies of Political Sciences and Sociology. After a stay in Monforte working in the family company, devoted to the glass industry, he returned to Madrid to study English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. There he founded the magazine Loia with Antón Patiño, Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas is a Galician writer, poet and journalist. He began his career in some Spanish newspapers like El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El Pais, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia...
and his brother Xosé Manuel Pereiro.
In 1981 he went to live in A Coruña
A Coruña
A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
, where he joined the magazine La Naval. At that time he came into contact with a group of poets: Xavier Seoane, Francisco Salinas Portugal and Xulio López Valcárcel, participating in several anthologies such as De amor e desamor (1984) and De amor e desamor II (1985), and collaborating in magazines like La Naval, Trilateral, Anima+l and Luzes of Galiza. He published in 1997, in the magazine Luzes of Galiza, the eight chapters of the short novel Náufragos do Paradiso.
Between 1983 and 1987 he travelled with Fernando Saco in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. He worked translating German, French and English for cinema dubbing and, especially, in television, dubbing as much conventional series (episodes of Dallas
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
and Kung fu
Kung Fu (TV series)
Kung Fu is an American television series that starred David Carradine. It was created by Ed Spielman, directed and produced by Jerry Thorpe, and developed by Herman Miller, who was also a writer for, and co-producer of, the series...
) as pornographic film.
He only published two collections of poems in his life, Poemas 1981/1991 (1992) and Poesía última de amor e enfermidade (1995). In 1996, the year of his death, Poemas para unha Loia, came to light which collected together works of his Madrid period, published in the magazine Loia, and included the essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
Modesta proposición para renunciar a facer xirar a roda hidráulica dunha cíclica historia universal da infamia, published in the 27th volume of Luzes de Galiza.
With regard to the cause of the death of Pereiro, in spite of suffering AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
, it was an accumulation of illnesses that finished with liver failure
Liver failure
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs of liver disease , and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage . The complications are hepatic encephalopathy and impaired protein synthesis...
. Officially and in accordance with a sentence of the Provincial Audience of Lugo, after a lawsuit so that the State paid the burial, the reason of his death was intoxication by denatured rapeseed oil
Toxic oil syndrome
Toxic Oil Syndrome or simply Toxic Syndrome was the name given to a disease outbreak in Spain in 1981, which killed over 600 people. Its first appearance was as a lung disease, with unusual features: though the symptoms initially resembled a lung infection, antibiotics were ineffective...
.
Recognition
Over the years he demanded that Galician Literature Day be dedicated to him. To this end a new edition of his poetic work was released translated to the SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
and Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
, together with the original texts in Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
.
Finally, on 26 June 2010 the Royal Galician Academy published its decision to devote Galician Literature Day 2011 to him. The Academy appreciated:
In words of the writer and member of the Royal Galician Academy Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas is a Galician writer, poet and journalist. He began his career in some Spanish newspapers like El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El Pais, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia...
:
Example of his lyric
A verse from one of his poems, carved as an epitaphEpitaph
An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively. Some are specified by the dead person beforehand, others chosen by those responsible for the burial...
on his gravestone at Santa Cristina do Viso (O Incio), gives a sample of the rawness and nakedness of his poetry:
Works
- Poemas 1981/1991 (1992)
- Poesía última de amor e enfermidade (1995)
- Poemas para unha Loia (1997)
- Conversa ultramarina (2010)
- Náufragos do Paraíso (2011)
- Antoloxía (2011)
- Modesta proposición e outros ensaios (2011)
- Obra poética completa (2011)
- Obra completa (edición bilingüe) (2011)
Further information
- Patiño, A.: Lois Pereiro. Radiografía do abismo. Espiral Maior, 2010. ISBN 978-84-92646-43-2.
- Souto, X., Braxe, L., Pereiro, X.M.: Lois Pereiro. Fotobiografía sonora. Ouvirmos, 2010.
- Calvo, J.L., Gegúndez, C.: O negro leite da aurora. Viaxe á xeografía lírica de Lois Pereiro. Toxosoutos, 2011.
- Calveiro, M.: Lois Pereiro: náufrago do paraíso. Biografía e Antoloxía. Xerais, 2011.
- Lopo, A.: A palabra exacta. Biografía de Lois Pereiro. Galaxia, 2011.
- Martínez, I.: Lois Pereiro. Vida e obra. Xerais, 2011.
- Queixas, M.: Lois Pereiro. A urxencia poética dun futuro alleo. Laiovento, 2011.
External links
- Día das Letras Galegas
- Lois Pereiro's Official Web
- CGENDL's web page with information about the author
- "Lois Pereiro, a encarnación dunha xeración", Aarón LópezAaron LopezAaron Lopez , born Duarte Lopez, was a Jewish merchant and philanthropist. He became the wealthiest person in Newport, Rhode Island, in British America. In 1761 and 1762, Lopez unsuccessfully sued the Colony of Rhode Island for citizenship....
's article published in El Progreso. - Biography at Praza das Letras.
- Biography at BVG
- "La poesía bisturí de Lois Pereiro", Daniel Salgado's article published in El País.