Camilo Buenaventura Díaz Baliño (1889–1936) was a Spanish writer, politician, Galician intellectual and graphic artist. He was a member of the , the

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, the Seminar of Galician Studies, and of the Galicianist Party. He was executed by Franco's

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at the beginning of the

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Background

Along with the artists , and , he was a founding member of the " Brotherhood of the Language" (''Galician:'' Irmandades da Fala) in the province of

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. He was a writer and was published in the Galician press of the time, especially in . He hosted various meetings in his home, related to the activities of the Irmandades da Fala, and it was frequented by several Galician intellectuals of the time, including , Castelao and

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. He was executed around August 14 by the

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at the beginning of the

Personal life

In 1909 he married Antonia Pardo Méndez, with whom he had three children: María del Milagro Antonia "Marujita", Mercedes "Chita" (1916) and Isaac.

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, was founder of the fifth era of the and the . Antonia, from an anarchist family, shared Camilo's Galician ideology and was also affiliated with the Irmandades da Fala. After her husband was shot, she suffered from cancer and died, in December 1938.

Legacy

His son Isaac gathered his work at the and belonging to the . The collection was subsequently transferred, for its classification, custody and dissemination, to the Library of Galicia at the City of Culture of Galicia and can be consulted in the

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. It is made up of around 200 photographs, stories, a small library and then albums that cover all of his professional activities in the Americas, in addition to over a hundred letters and personal documents. In 1959, the city of Ferrol placed his bronze bust in the Canton of Molíns. In the square of Santiago de Compostela, in front of the bus station, and on the street of Oleiros, they placed his name. The writer

Manuel Rivas Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish 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 newspap ...

uses the story Díaz Baliño in the prison of Pazo de Raxoi in his book ''

The Carpenter's Pencil ''The Carpenter's Pencil'' (''O lapis do carpinteiro'' in Galician language, Galician) is a book written by the Galician people, Galician author Manuel Rivas. The story revolves around a young couple, Daniel Da Barca and Marisa Mallo. Their ha ...

'', a novel that would be made into a film of the same name, released in 2003, directed by . In 2018 the "Uselle o Día da illustration" was dedicated to Díaz Baliño.

Works

*''Conto de guerra'', 1928 (narrativa). In the 1920s, Díaz Baliño received a commission to design a

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for the parish church of Santa Marta de Ortigueira, which was completed in 1924. It is a nativity scene of considerable dimensions, delimited by canvases supported by wooden frames, which appears to be a stage. with various plans. The decorations reflect images of ancient Egypt, but they also include landscapes of

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, his country's land that Camilo himself visited on various occasions. Later he also designed the backgrounds of the Grande Obra nativity scene in Atocha in Coruña. Later he also designed the backgrounds of the Nativity scene of the Grande Obra de Atocha in Coruña Coruña.

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