The Royal Galician Academy ( gl, Real Academia Galega, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of
Galician culture
The culture of Galicia is the patterns of human activity and symbolism associated with the Galicia region of Spain and the Galician people.
Literature
As with many other Romance languages, Galician-Portuguese emerged as a literary language ...
and especially the
Galician language; it promulgates norms of
grammar
In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structure, structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clause (linguistics), clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraint ...
,
spelling
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, and
vocabulary
A vocabulary is a set of familiar words within a person's language. A vocabulary, usually developed with age, serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Acquiring an extensive vocabulary is one of the la ...
and works to promote the language. The Academy is based in
A Coruña
A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...
,
Galicia,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The current president is
Víctor Fernández Freixanes.
History
In 1905 the
Sociedade Protectora da Academia Gallega was founded in
La Habana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. ,
Cuba
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. Then on September 30, 1906, thanks to the efforts of writers
Manuel Curros Enríquez
Manuel Curros Enríquez (September 15, 1851 - February 7, 1908) was a Galician writer and journalist in the Galician language, and is considered to be one of the leading figures of Galician culture and identity.
Early life
Manuel Curros Enrí ...
and
Xosé Fontenla Leal, it was reestablished as the ''Real Academia Galega''.
Manuel Murguía
Manuel Antonio Martínez Murguía (17 May 1833 – 2 February 1923) was a Galician journalist and historian who created the Real Academia Galega. He was one of the main figures in Galician ''Rexurdimento'' movement. He is also remembered as Ro ...
was its first president.
In 1972 the Academy standardized the design of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia. Some years later, the Academy persuaded the
Galician government
The Xunta de Galicia (; "Regional Government of Galicia") is the collective decision-making body of the government of the autonomous community of Galicia, composed of the President, the Vice-President(s) and the specialized ministers (''Consell ...
to commemorate the old coat of arms by superimposing it on the existing civil flag; the
resulting flag is used today. Its terminological branch is
Termigal
Termigal is the body in charge of ''the general coordination of terminology activities in relation to the Galician language, of promoting and developing terminological resources and products of linguistic engineering in which terminology plays an ...
.
Current members
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Víctor Fernández Freixanes
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Margarita Ledo Andión
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Fina Casalderrey
Fina Casalderrey (born 11 August 1951) is a Spanish writer and educator, considered to be one of the most important writers of Galician children's literature.
Life and career
She was born in Xeve in Pontevedra and began a career in teaching. ...
*
Marilar Aleixandre
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Xosé Henrique Monteagudo Romero
*
Xesús Alonso Montero
*
Rosario Álvarez Blanco
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*
Xosé Luís Axeitos Agrelo
*
Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo
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Francisco Díaz-Fierros Viqueira
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
*
Francisco Fernández Rei
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
*
Xesús Ferro Ruibal
Xesús Ferro Ruibal (Moraña, 1944) is a theologian, Latinist and writer from Galicia.
He is a member of the Real Academia Galega and he helped translate the Bible to Galician. He works nowadays in a phraseology
In linguistics, phraseology ...
*
Salvador García-Bodaño Zunzunegui
Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to:
* Salvador (name)
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
*Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music
** ''Salvador'' ( ...
*
Manuel González González
Manuel may refer to:
People
* Manuel (name)
* Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
* Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* M ...
*
Bernardino Graña Villar
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María López Sández
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Ramón Lorenzo Vázquez
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Chus Pato
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Xosé Luís Regueira Fernández
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Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
Biography
Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspa ...
*
Euloxio Rodríguez Ruibal
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Ana Romaní
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Pegerto Saavedra Fernández
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Anton Luís Santamarina Fernández
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Andrés Torres Queiruga
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Ramón Villares Paz
External links
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Galician language
Language regulators
1905 establishments in Cuba