Galician Literature: Key Authors and Movements of the 20th Century

The Intellectual Misfits of Galician Society

These individuals, often children of families residing in Galicia, reject the prevailing societal model and embrace an elitist, aristocratic intellectualism. They are characterized as misfits, individualists, and enthusiasts of the occult, as well as Eastern religions and cultures.

Vicente Risco: A Versatile Literary Figure

The literary work of Risco spans various genres, including narrative, essay, and drama. As a narrator, he left behind seven short stories:

• The Case of Doctor Alveiro (a humorous story)
• The Old Lady
• The Gold Beam and the Tar Beam
• The Wolf People
• The Coutada
• Europeans in Abrantes
• Dedalus in Compostela

He also authored a long satirical and burlesque novel, The Pig Feet.

Otero Pedrayo: Master of Literary Genres

Otero Pedrayo is an example of a writer who excelled in almost all literary genres, though he achieved his greatest renown as a narrator. His narrative production can be classified as follows:

Historical-Cultural Novels

• The Romeiría of Gelmírez
• Fra Verneri

Historical-Realistic Novels and Books

• Pontel
• Freeman
• Purgatory D. Ramiro
• The Paths of Life: Stories of the Road and Street
• The Meson of the Wilderness
• Between the Vintage and the Señorita
• Castañeira Reboraina

Psychological Novels

• Written in the Fog
• Parallel Lives
• Devalar

Castelao: Humanism and Social Commitment

Castelao's narrative production includes the following titles:

• A Glass Eye: Memoirs of a Skeleton
• Stuff
• Retrincos
• Sempre en Galiza

The defining themes of his narrative are humanism, commitment to the vulnerable, critique of the economic marginalization of Galicia, the role of the popular classes, and the defense of the Galician language.

The Generation of the 1900s

This group consists of writers born at the beginning of the 20th century. They are the generation following the Irmandades da Fala (Brotherhood of Speech).

Rafael Dieste

: Dieste cultivated materials as diverse as mathematics, painting, linguistic and narrative literatura.A its production is reduced to a single book of short stories, From the archives of trasno.As features that define the narrative technique of Dieste is the brevity of reports, the intensity and mix of popular and cult. Other narrators nineteenth century:-Fermín Bouza Brei: published in his youth a unique story, Cabalgadas drinks. Luías-Amado Carvalho: left two short stories, Maliaxe and God's poor. Valverde, José Figueira: He wrote two short stories: Children and vigairo.-Alvaro de las Casas: As the narrator wrote the castle garden and glass Ladaíña Days Bastia Albor.O test: The test in English was born and consolidated in the first third of the twentieth century with the advent of the Brotherhood and the U.S. group. Channels of dissemination of ideas Galeguista were the means of the press, especially the Earth and Our magazine us. Them published their articles Antón Vilar Ponte, Johan Viqueita Vincent, Lois New Peña, Jaime Quintanilla ... etc.Its essayist stand Risk Pedrayo, Castelao and Cuevillas.