Chus Pato
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María Xesús Pato Díaz most commonly known as Chus Pato, is a Galician writer
and political activist.
Chus Pato is an important figure in Galician culture: she belongs to literary groups and cultural associations, such as PEN Club and Redes Escarlata. She also participates directly in politics and is part of Frente Popular Galega
, a communist and pro-independence political party.
, essay
s, excerpts from theater plays, interview
s, radio programs—, which allows her to display a large variety of voices that includes, as well as hers, those of many real or fictitious characters.
Her works are a clear mirror of the literary commitment to ideological claims. The Galician nationalism, the Marxist vision of the reality and the feminist theory are some themes she deals with more often. She also thinks about the language as if it were a system of symbolic creation in modern society.
The style of her compositions is characterized by syncopated syntax
and references to Greco-Latin mythology so that she uses the language as a metaphor
of the immediate reality.
Some of her poems are also included in the anthologies Poésie en Galice aujourd’hui; Rías de tinta; Literatura de mujeres en francés, gallego e italiano; Poetry is the world’s great miracle...
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and political activist.
Chus Pato is an important figure in Galician culture: she belongs to literary groups and cultural associations, such as PEN Club and Redes Escarlata. She also participates directly in politics and is part of Frente Popular Galega
Frente Popular Galega
The Galician People's Front is a Galician political organization with a socialist and nationalist ideology.After the Galician People's Union accepted the participation of the Bloque Nacionalista Galego in the Galician Parliament in 1986, 13 members of its Central Committee led by Mariano Abalo...
, a communist and pro-independence political party.
Writing style
Chus Pato’s works go beyond the traditional concept of poetry since her writings are signs of postmodern transgression of literary genres. She uses different text types —biographiesBiography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
, 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...
s, excerpts from theater plays, interview
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...
s, radio programs—, which allows her to display a large variety of voices that includes, as well as hers, those of many real or fictitious characters.
Her works are a clear mirror of the literary commitment to ideological claims. The Galician nationalism, the Marxist vision of the reality and the feminist theory are some themes she deals with more often. She also thinks about the language as if it were a system of symbolic creation in modern society.
The style of her compositions is characterized by syncopated syntax
Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
and references to Greco-Latin mythology so that she uses the language as a metaphor
Metaphor
A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels." Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via...
of the immediate reality.
Galician language
- Urania. Ourense: Calpurnia (1991)
- Heloísa. A CoruñaA CoruñaA 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...
: Espiral Maior (1994) - Fascinio. MurosMurosMuros is a fictional character from the Philippine telefantasyes Encantadia and Etheria. He was second in command to Aquil in Encantadia and took over his role as the head of the Lirean army when the latter was killed during the final battle in the original series...
: Toxosoutos (1995) - A ponte das poldras. Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...
: Noitarenga (1996). 2nd ed., Vigo: Galaxia (2006) - Nínive. VigoVigoVigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...
: Xerais (1996) - m-Talá. Vigo: Xerais (2000)
- Charenton. Vigo: Xerais (2004)
- Hordas de escritura. Vigo: Xerais (2008)
- Secesión. Vigo: Galaxia (2009).
- Nacer é unha república de árbores. Pontevedra: Do Cumio (2010).
English translations
- From M-Talá. Vancouver: Nomados (2002)
- Charenton. ExeterExeterExeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
: Shearsman Books (2007) - m-Talá. Exeter: Shearsman Books (2009)
- Hordes of Writing, Exeter: Shearsman Books (2011).
Collaborations
Chus Pato collaborates with many literary publications, such as Festa da palabra silenciada, Luzes da Galiza, A Trabe de Ouro, etc. and she has written books (Palabra de muller, Poesía dos aléns) in collaboration with other authors.Some of her poems are also included in the anthologies Poésie en Galice aujourd’hui; Rías de tinta; Literatura de mujeres en francés, gallego e italiano; Poetry is the world’s great miracle...
Awards
- Premio Losada Diéguez in 1997 for Nínive.
- Spanish Critic Prize in 2009 for Hordas de escritura.
- Premio Losada Diéguez in 2009 for Hordas de escritura.