Galician Writers Association ( gl, Asociación de Escritores en Lingua Galega, AELG) is an official entity of the

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of Galicia's Xunta (government / board). The organization is formed by writers in galician language. It was founded by a group of writers:

Álvaro Cunqueiro Álvaro Cunqueiro Mora (Mondoñedo, December 22, 1911 – Vigo, February 28, 1981) was a Galician novelist, poet, playwright, and journalist. He is the author of many works in both Galician and Spanish, including ''Merlín e familia'' ("Mer ...

, Rafael Dieste, Ánxel Fole, Ricardo Carballo Calero, Antón Avilés de Taramancos, and others. It was named by the

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to present candidates to the

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and is part of the ''European Writers Congress''. Every year AELG celebrates "O escritor na súa terra" (Hometown Writers) ceremony dedicated to a Galician language writer trajectory and awards the ''AELG Prize'' to the best Galician language work of the year. At present, Galician Writers Association is placed in a

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, presided by Euloxio Ruibal, and also directed by Carlos Negro, Carlos L. Bernárdez, Marica Campo,

Rafa Villar Rafa Villar ( Cee, Galicia, 1968 - ) 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 ...

, Marta Dacosta, Rosa Aneiros, Enrique Rabuñal and Cesáreo Sánchez.

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Asociación de Escritores en Língua Galega
Galicia Organisations based in Galicia, Spain {{spain-org-stub

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