What do you know about Galicia?

What do you know about Galicia? is an interactive game in Blubbr. You have 20 questions with videos and information about this green land in Spain. Where is Galicia? What is an "hórreo"? Where do you can eat oysters and drink Albariño wine? Watch and play it!

Galician Literature Day: Roberto Vidal Bolaño

The Galician Literature Day (also known as Día das Letras Galegas) is a holiday in Galicia and is celebrated on May 17th  each year. It was created in 1963 to commemorate the 100 years since the publication Cantares Gallegos, by Rosalía de Castro. The publication of  Cantares gallegos marked the start of the cultural renaissance of the Galician language, known as the Rexurdimento. This annual celebration was introduced by Galicia’s Royal Academy (Real Academia Galega).

 In 2013, Galician Literature Day is dedicated to playwright and actor Roberto Vidal Bolaño (Santiago de Compostela, 1950 - Santiago de Compostela, 2002). He was one of the greatest architects of the professionalization of the Galician theater and he started in the theater world with the Group Antroido. He wrote drama,  worked  visual arts and made television scripts for TV Galician and Spanish. He was also one of the first directors who participated in the institutional theater with CDG (Centro Dramático Galego). 

The work of Roberto Bolaño Vidal  is marked by the aesthetic of defeat  and the critique of modernity. Our author defended a recovery of the popular culture, but cultivated the historical theater too. His works collected and mixed aesthetic currents of realism, symbolism, surrealism and expressionism. They are pieces where we can see  the dialogue with the public. Its production is characterized by a commitment to the country and the language

RVB highlighted as an actor, director, producer and illuminator. Some of his works are:

Agasallo de sombras
Animaliños
As actas escuras
Bailadela da morte ditosa
Cochos 
Criaturas
Daquel Abrente
Días sen gloria
Doentes
Laudamuco, Señor de Ningures
Rastros 
Saxo Tenor
Touporroutou da lúa e do sol

 Many cultural events take place on 17th May all around Galicia, particularly in Santiago de Compostela.

Galician Language

If you want to know more about this beautiful language, you should read this page. Orbis Latinus has several links about different languages and one of these is for Galician language. You can learn more about Grammar and our fantastic Medieval Literature. 

Galician Language

Mundo Adiante by Jonathan Dunne

Mundo Adiante is a great place where you can find more information about Galician Literature. Here, you can read a lot of interviews and special information about Rosalía de Castro and other authors. This is a great job whose author is Jonathan Dunne, a literary translator. Enjoy it!

                                                       Foto de www.enxebreordedavieira.blogspot.com

Galician Books in English

If you want to know more about Galician literature, you have here a new web site where you can read our masterpieces.

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Rosalía de Castro's Day

Rosalía de Castro was an important poet in Galician language in the 19th Century. She wrote Cantares gallegos and Follas novas, two important masterpieces in our language. This year, we celebrate the 150 aniversary of  Cantares gallegos, the first book which was written only in Galician language after The Dark Centuries (Galician people didn't write literature from 16th Century to 18th Century , only spoke the language but no wrote it). I would like to show you some of her poems with Voicethread. Enjoy Rosalía's Day!


Lyrics were translated by Anna Marie Aldaz in her book Poems

From Galician to English

Galicia have a new project. On the Web Portico of Galician Literature, some of the most important Galician authors are translated into English. You can enjoy our literature too.

Portico of Galician Literature