Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández, Xocas (June 23, 1907 in
Ourense – July 19, 1989 in Ourense), was a Spanish educator.
He studied in Ourense, and his teacher was
Ramón Otero Pedrayo
Ramón Otero Pedrayo (alternative spelling ''Outeiro Pedraio'') ( Ourense, Galicia, 1888 - Ourense, 1976) was a Galician geographer, writer and intellectual. He was a key member of the Galician cultural and political movement ''Xeración Nós''. ...
. He studied philosophy and letters in
Santiago de Compostela
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and
Zaragoza
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.
Xocas, when he was teacher in Ourense, entered in the
Grupo Nós with
Vicente Risco
Vicente Martínez Risco Agüero (October 1, 1884 – April 30, 1963) was a Galician intellectual of the 20th century. He was a founder member of Xeración Nós, and among the most important figures in the history of Galician literature. He is we ...
,
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People with the given name
*Florentino Alfaro Zamora (died 1871), Costa Rican politician
* Florentino Álvarez Mesa (1846–1926), Spanish journalist, wr ...
and
Otero Pedrayo
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. He was member of the
Seminario de Estudos Galegos
The Seminar of Galician Studies ( gl, Seminario de Estudos Galegos, SEG) was an institution established in 1923 with the purpose of studying and promoting the Galicia (Spain), Galician cultural heritage.
References
External links«El Seminario ...
, the
Galician Royal Academy and president of the
Museo do Pobo Galego.
He is the son of the writer
Xosé Lorenzo Álvarez.
Books
*Etnografía. Cultura material (volume 11 da Historia de Galicia, dirixida por Otero Pedrayo*.
*Vila de Calvos de Randín (1930, xunto con Florentino Cuevillas).
*Lápidas sepulcrales gallegas de arte popular.
*La Capilla y el Santuario del Santísimo Cristo de la Catedral de Ourense.
*Nosa Señora do Viso.
*La casa gallega.
*Cerámicas castrexas pintadas.
*Las habitaciones de los castros.
*O pastoreo na serra de Leboeiro.
*La capilla visigótica de Amiadoso.
*Deidades marianas en el Ourense romano.
*A casa.
*Vellas artes de pesca no río Miño.
*Distribucións dos xugos na Galiza.
*Metamorfose dunha casa castrexa.
*La iglesia prerrománica de Santa María de Mixós.
*Cantigueiro popular da Limia Baixa.
*Sobre algunos saludos en gallego.
References
Writers from Galicia (Spain)
1907 births
1989 deaths
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