Antonio Villar Ponte
Illustration — Villar Ponte, 1934. Antón Villar Ponte (2 October 1881, Viveiro - 4 March 1936, A Coruña). He was one of the most important galicianists before the civil war.
Antonio Villar Ponte

Castelao na Academia. Manuscritos nos Arquivos da RAG (15,64 MB). 2014. Real Academia Galega. · Public domain
- Born
- 1881 · Viveiro.
- Died
- 1936 · A Coruña.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- writer · politician · publicist
- Education
- University of Santiago de Compostela
- Honours
- Galician Literature Day
- Languages
- Spanish · Galician
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Illustration — Villar Ponte, 1934. Antón Villar Ponte (2 October 1881, Viveiro - 4 March 1936, A Coruña). He was one of the most important galicianists before the civil war.
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Antonio Villar Ponte studied at University of Santiago de Compostela. The recorded working language is Spanish and Galician. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Positions recorded include Member of the Cortes republicanas. Distinctions recorded are Galician Literature Day.
• Do caciquismo: A patria do labrego (1905) • Nacionalismo gallego. Nuestra afirmación regional (1916) • Os nosos valores (1920). Sociedade Económica de Santiago, A Nosa Terra, nº 120. • Da superstición. Entre dous abismos (1920) • Do cosmopolitismo, do universalismo e da mansedume galega (1921), "La Oliva", Vigo, A Nosa Terra nº 139. • O sentimiento liberal na Galiza, RAG, 1934. • Da emigración: Almas mortas: novela dialogada cómico tráxica en tres estancias (Editorial Céltiga, 1922) • O Mariscal (1926; with Ramón Cabanillas). • Teatro galego: tríptigo (Nós, 1928). (Do caciquismo: a patria do labrego; Da emigración: almas mortas; Da superstición: entre dous abismos). • Os evanxeos da risa absoluta: anunciación do antiquixote. Folk-drama da sinxeleza campesina (Nós, 1934). • Nouturnio de medo e morte, bárbara anécdota realista en dous tempos (sin literatura) que puido andar nos romances dos cegos (Nós, 1935) • Escolma de artigos nazonalistas (1936) • Pensamento e sementeira. Leiciós de patriotismo galego (1971), Salvador Lorenzana, Ediciones Galicia, Centro Gallego de Buenos Aires. • Baramendi González, J. & Monterroso Devesa, X. M.ª (1991) Obra política de Ramón Villar Ponte. Edicións do Castro. • Ínsua López, E. X. & Nuevo Cal, C. (2003). O primeiro Antón Villar Ponte: achegamento ao período de formación do fundador das irmandades da fala (1881-1908). Caixa Galicia.. • Ínsua López, E. X. (2006). Antón Villar Ponte e a Academia Galega: contributos para a historia crítica dunha institución centenaria. Edicións do Cumio..

Homenaxe a Castelao, Lugo, 1932
Exposición 'Xosé Filgueira Valverde. Un faro na construción de Galicia', Museo de Pontevedra, abril-maio de 2015.
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Viveiro.
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- 1.Signature A. Villar Ponte in Hemeroteca Virtual da RAG
- 2.Figuras homenaxeadas. Antón Villar Ponte Real Academia Galega.
- 3.Membros da Academia. Antón Villar Ponte Real Academia Galega.
- 4."Villar Ponte, Antón" in Diciopedia do século 21, t. 3, p. 2180. (2006) Edicións do Cumio, Galaxia and Edicións do Castro.
- 5."Villar Ponte, Antón" in Diccionario enciclopédico galego universal, t.59, p. 99. Ir Indo and La Voz de Galicia.
- 6."Villar Ponte, Antón" in Dicionario biográfico de Galicia, t. 3, pp. 314-315. Ir Indo.
- 7.Fernández del Riego, Francisco. Historia da Literatura Galega. Galaxia. 174–176. 1951.
- 8.(coord), et al (1995). Diccionario da Literatura Galega, vol. I (Autores), pp. 617-618. Galaxia. .
- 9.Ed.: A patria do labrego (La Voz de Galicia, 2002) Google Books.
- 10.Pensamento e sementeira , Terra e Tempo, 18 pp
- 11.Entre dous abismos Biblioteca Virtual Galega.
- 12.Deputación de Pontevedra.
- 13.O sentimento liberal na Galiza, discurso lido o día 24 de xullo de 1934 no acto da súa recepción.
- 14.(2005). Sobre 'O Mariscal', de Cabanillas e Villar Ponte. UDC. .
- 15.Nouturnio de medo e morte, bárbara anécdota realista en dous tempos...
- 16.Pensamento e sementeira. Leiciós de patriotismo galego.
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