Galician Writers Association
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Galician Writers Association (AELG) (Asociación de Escritores en Lingua Galega) is an official entity of the autonomous region of Galicia's Xunta (government / board)
. The organization is formed by writers in galician language
. It was founded in by a group of writers: Álvaro Cunqueiro
, Rafael Dieste, Ánxel Fole, Ricardo Carballo Calero, Antón Avilés de Taramancos, and others. It was named by the Swedish Academy
to present canditatures to the Nobel Prize
and is part of the European Writers Congress.
Every year AELG celebrates every "O escritor na súa terra" (Hometown Writers) ceremony dedicated to a Galician language
writer trajectory. and the AELG Prize to the best Galician language work of the year.
At present, Galician Writers Association is placed in a La Coruña, presided by Euloxio Ruibal, and also directed by Carlos Negro, Carlos L. Bernárdez, Marica Campo, Rafa Villar
, Marta Dacosta, Rosa Aneiros, Enrique Rabuñal and Cesáreo Sánchez.
Xunta de Galicia
The Xunta de Galicia is the collective decision-making body of the government of the autonomous community of Galicia, composed of the President, the Vice-President and the specialized ministers ....
. The organization is formed by writers in galician language
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...
. It was founded in by a group of writers: Álvaro Cunqueiro
Álvaro Cunqueiro
Álvaro Cunqueiro Mora was an Galician writer. He is the author of many works in both Galician and Spanish, including Merlín e familia...
, Rafael Dieste, Ánxel Fole, Ricardo Carballo Calero, Antón Avilés de Taramancos, and others. It was named by the Swedish Academy
Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...
to present canditatures to the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
and is part of the European Writers Congress.
Every year AELG celebrates every "O escritor na súa terra" (Hometown Writers) ceremony dedicated to a Galician language
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...
writer trajectory. and the AELG Prize to the best Galician language work of the year.
At present, Galician Writers Association is placed in a La Coruña, presided by Euloxio Ruibal, and also directed by Carlos Negro, Carlos L. Bernárdez, Marica Campo, Rafa Villar
Rafa Villar
Rafa Villar is a Galician writer noted especially in the field of poetry. He has a degree in Galician-Portuguese Philology from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and works in the linguistic normalization service of the Confederación Intersindical Galega...
, Marta Dacosta, Rosa Aneiros, Enrique Rabuñal and Cesáreo Sánchez.