Xela Arias Castaño (1962 in Lugo – 2003 in

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) was a Spanish Galician-language

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and translator. She translated works by

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and

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into Galician.

Works

*''Denuncia do equilibrio'', 1986 *''Tigres coma cabalos'', 1990 *''Darío a diario'', 1996 *''Intempériome'', 2003

External links

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