Valentín Lamas Carvajal (1849–1906) was a Spanish journalist. He was one of the founders of

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. He studied high school in his hometown and in 1870 he moved to

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to study medicine that he failed to finish due to an eye disease that would eventually leave him blind.

Work

*''Espiñas, follas e frores'' (1875) *''Saudades gallegas'' (1880) *''Gallegada'' (1887) *''Catecismo do labrego '' (1889) *''A musa das aldeas'' (1890)

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* * * 1849 births 1906 deaths Writers from Galicia (Spain) Spanish journalists Galician-language writers Blind writers Blind scholars and academics Spanish blind people {{Spain-journalist-stub