A Voz de Vilalba
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A Voz de Vilalba was a newspaper edited in Vilalba
(Lugo
) between 1983 and 1986. During these years twenty-seven numbers and some special numbers were published, and the average edition was five hundred copies. Some of their subscribers were prominent figures as the important intellectual Ramon Piñeiro, the historian Ramóon Villares, the politician Manuel Fraga Iribarne
, the player of the Deportivo da Coruña Vicente Celeiro or the Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela.
In 2007 the Rey Juan Carlos University, of Madrid
, and the Institute of Estudos Chairegos, of Vilalba
, edited, with the sponsorship of the Consellaría de Innovación e Industria and the Sociedade de Xestión do Xacobeo, the complete facsimile edition of the newspaper. The volume, with a preface by Ramón Villares, Chairman of the Consello da Culture Galega (Galician Culture Council), and presented by the teacher and chairman of the Iescha, Jose Luis Novo Cazón, contains a wide introductory study done by the teacher Felipe R. Debasa Navalpotro, of the URJC, the philosopher Antón Baamonde, the provincial deputy Xosé González Barcia and the former editors of the publication, Moncho Paz, Paulo Naseiro and Mario Paz González.
, to a plot exclusively linked to the traditional life.
To this consolidation of the publication as a small landmark in the task of building a cultural environment suitable and an own identity, necessary for the community in those years of political transition, was a help, no doubt, the Exposition of World Press which was organized by the three founders in collaboration with Xosé Sánchez Domínguez, from A Coruña
, in the summer of 1985 and which reached an enormous impact, and was echoed by the media in Galicia.
The three founders of the newspaper (Moncho Paz, Paulo Naseiro and Mario Paz González) were in 1983 only eleven and twelve years old. This unusual precocity makes them, in the words of the professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University, of Madrid, Felipe R. Debasa, "probably the youngest editors in the Spanish National Library". In 2008, twenty-five years after the birth of the newspaper, his spirit was recovered through new technologies in a website (www.avozdevilalba.com) in which they want to maintain the eagerness to inform and the defense freedom of expression that always characterized the publication.
Vilalba
Vilalba, is a municipality in Galicia , specifically in the province of Lugo.- Journalistic Tradition :Villalba had during the 20th century a rich journalistic tradition that began in 1902 with the Ideal Villalbés, a newspaper handwritten by the poet and journalist Antonio García Hermida...
(Lugo
Lugo
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:...
) between 1983 and 1986. During these years twenty-seven numbers and some special numbers were published, and the average edition was five hundred copies. Some of their subscribers were prominent figures as the important intellectual Ramon Piñeiro, the historian Ramóon Villares, the politician Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Manuel Fraga Iribarne is a Spanish People's Party politician. Fraga's career as one of the key political figures in Spain straddles both General Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime and the subsequent transition to democracy. He served as the President of the Xunta of Galicia from 1990 to 2005...
, the player of the Deportivo da Coruña Vicente Celeiro or the Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela.
In 2007 the Rey Juan Carlos University, of 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...
, and the Institute of Estudos Chairegos, of Vilalba
Vilalba
Vilalba, is a municipality in Galicia , specifically in the province of Lugo.- Journalistic Tradition :Villalba had during the 20th century a rich journalistic tradition that began in 1902 with the Ideal Villalbés, a newspaper handwritten by the poet and journalist Antonio García Hermida...
, edited, with the sponsorship of the Consellaría de Innovación e Industria and the Sociedade de Xestión do Xacobeo, the complete facsimile edition of the newspaper. The volume, with a preface by Ramón Villares, Chairman of the Consello da Culture Galega (Galician Culture Council), and presented by the teacher and chairman of the Iescha, Jose Luis Novo Cazón, contains a wide introductory study done by the teacher Felipe R. Debasa Navalpotro, of the URJC, the philosopher Antón Baamonde, the provincial deputy Xosé González Barcia and the former editors of the publication, Moncho Paz, Paulo Naseiro and Mario Paz González.
History
The date of its founding (June 29, 1983) comes to almost coincide with the approval in Parliament of Galicia of the Law on Language Normalisation, which was enacted two weeks before, namely on June 15. This information is not coincidental if we think that from the very moment of its appearance, A Voz de Vilalba would become a symbol, among others, of how the use of a language can be extended to all areas of life, and not only confined, because of the diglossiaDiglossia
In linguistics, diglossia refers to a situation in which two dialects or languages are used by a single language community. In addition to the community's everyday or vernacular language variety , a second, highly codified variety is used in certain situations such as literature, formal...
, to a plot exclusively linked to the traditional life.
To this consolidation of the publication as a small landmark in the task of building a cultural environment suitable and an own identity, necessary for the community in those years of political transition, was a help, no doubt, the Exposition of World Press which was organized by the three founders in collaboration with Xosé Sánchez Domínguez, from 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...
, in the summer of 1985 and which reached an enormous impact, and was echoed by the media in Galicia.
The three founders of the newspaper (Moncho Paz, Paulo Naseiro and Mario Paz González) were in 1983 only eleven and twelve years old. This unusual precocity makes them, in the words of the professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University, of Madrid, Felipe R. Debasa, "probably the youngest editors in the Spanish National Library". In 2008, twenty-five years after the birth of the newspaper, his spirit was recovered through new technologies in a website (www.avozdevilalba.com) in which they want to maintain the eagerness to inform and the defense freedom of expression that always characterized the publication.