Galician language literature

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Galician language literature is the literature written in Galician. The earliest works 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 1800s that Galician was used again in literature, and then in politics.

Authors

Main authors

• Alfonso X of Castile
• Rosalía de Castro
• Manuel Murguía
• Manuel Rivas
• Álvaro Cunqueiro
• Manuel Curros Enríquez
• Eduardo Pondal
• Vicente Risco
• Xohán Vicente Viqueira
• Xesús Ferro Couselo
• Celso Emilio Ferreiro
• Rafael Dieste
• Francisco Añón
• Eduardo Blanco Amor
• Mendinho
• Xurxo Borrazás
• Martín Codax
• Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao
• Fermín Bouza Brei
• Carlos Casares Mouriño
• Suso de Toro
• Xosé Neira Vilas
• Padre Sarmiento
• Antón Vilar Ponte
• Luís Seoane
• Dario Xoan Cabana
• Xohán de Cangas
• Ánxel Fole

For a more extensive list of Galician language writers, see Día das Letras Galegas

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

• Literature by Galician authors
• Día das Letras Galegas ("Galician Literature Day") on May 17