Xosé María Díaz Castro (b. Guitiriz, 19 February 1914 – d. Lugo, 2 October 1990) was a Galician poet and translator.

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is dedicated to him in 2014.

Work

*''Nimbos'' (1961) .

Authors that he translated

To Spanish:

Verner von Heidenstam Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy ...

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, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Rainer Maria Rilke,

William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...

, T. S. Eliot,

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among ...

, G. K. Chesterton,

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, Friedrich Schiller,

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he start ...

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...

Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (; 21 October 179028 February 1869), was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France. ...

and

Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...

.Requeixo, Armando
''Unha aproximación a Nimbos de Xosé María Díaz Castro''
''Revista Galega do Ensino'', nº 12, 1996, p. 101-120 (Dialnet). To English:

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

and

Rafael Alberti Rafael Alberti Merello (16 December 1902 – 28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called ''Silver Age'' of Spanish Literature, and he won numerou ...

.''Díaz Castro, Xosé María (Parga, Guitiriz 19-2-1914 – Lugo 2-10-1990)''
Enciclopedia Galega Universal.

References

Further information

*AAVV;
Homenaxe a X. M. Díaz Castro
', Xermolos, Guitiriz, 1987, 192 p., . *Blanco Torrado, A.; ''A ascensión dun poeta, Xosé María Díaz Castro'',

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, Compostela, 1995, 143 p., . *Requeixo, Armando;
''Xosé María Díaz Castro, vida e obra''
Editorial Galaxia, Vigo, 2014, 200 p., .

External links

PoetaDiazCastro.com
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(14 min 43 s) IES Poeta Díaz Castro. * High-contrast-camera-video

''O instante eterno''
(9 min 52 s) (

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