Chus Pato
Illustration — Chus Pato at an Antwerp poetry festival, 2012 María Xesús Pato Díaz (born 29 August 1955 in Ourense, Galicia), most commonly known as Chus Pato, is a Galician writer. She became a member of the Royal Galician Academy in 2016.
Chus Pato

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- Born
- 1955 · Ourense.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- poet · writer · secondary school teacher
- Education
- University of Santiago de Compostela
- Known for
- Carne de Leviatán · Nínive · Fascinio
- Honours
- Premio de la Crítica de poesía gallega · Premio Nacional de Poesía
- Languages
- Galician · Spanish
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Illustration — Chus Pato at an Antwerp poetry festival, 2012 María Xesús Pato Díaz (born 29 August 1955 in Ourense, Galicia), most commonly known as Chus Pato, is a Galician writer. She became a member of the Royal Galician Academy in 2016.
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Galician language
Galician language
Chus Pato studied at University of Santiago de Compostela. The recorded working language is Galician and Spanish. Works named in the authority record are Carne de Leviatán, Nínive and Fascinio. Distinctions recorded are Premio de la Crítica de poesía gallega and Premio Nacional de Poesía.
• Urania. Ourense: Calpurnia (1991) • Heloísa. A Coruña: Espiral Maior (1994) • Fascinio. Muros: Toxosoutos (1995) • A ponte das poldras. Santiago de Compostela: Noitarenga (1996). 2nd ed., Vigo: Galaxia (2006) • Nínive. Vigo: Xerais (1996) • m-Talá. Vigo: Xerais (2000) • Charenton. Vigo: Xerais (2004) • Hordas de escritura. Vigo: Xerais (2008) • Secesión. Vigo: Galaxia (2009). • Nacer é unha república de árbores. Pontevedra: Do Cumio (2010) • Carne de Leviatán. Vigo: Galaxia (2013). • Un libre favor. Vigo: Galaxia (2019). • Sonora. Vigo: Xerais (2023).
English translations
English translations
• From M-Talá. Vancouver: Nomados (2002) • Charenton. Exeter: Shearsman Books (2007) • m-Talá. Exeter: Shearsman Books (2009) • Hordes of Writing, Exeter: Shearsman Books (2011) • Secession, (a dual publication with Erín Moure's Insecession), Toronto: BookThug (2014). • Flesh of Leviatan, Omnidawn Publishing (2016). • The Face of the Quarzes, Veliz Books (2021). • Sonora, Veliz Books (2026).
Dutch translations
Dutch translations
• Finisterra. Uitgeverij Perdu, 2017.
Portuguese translations
Portuguese translations
• Carne de Leviatã. Lisboa: Douda Correria, 2016. • Um fémur de voz corre a galope [antologia]. Porto: Officium Lectionis, 2022.
Bulgarian translations
Bulgarian translations
• Leviatan i drugi istorii. Small Stations, 2016.
French translations
French translations
• Chair de Léviathan. Alger: Apic éditions, 2024.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1955
Chus Pato born at Ourense.
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scholarly publication
- Los signos de la diferencia. Entrevistas con las poetas Chus Pato y Ana Romani, Palabras extremas: Escritoras gallegas e irlandesas de hoy
Scholarly · Crossref registry
- Producing World and Remnant: Dialogue with Chus Pato, Performing Poetry, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
reference work
- “Chus Pato”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3311831: Chus Pato
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Awards
• Premio Losada Diéguez in 1997 for Nínive. • Spanish Critic Prize in 2009 for Hordas de escritura. • Premio Losada Diéguez in 2009 for Hordas de escritura • Author of the Year in 2014 from the Galician Booksellers' Association. • National Poetry Award in 2024 for Sonora

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- 1.Cf. Dolores Vilavedra, Historia da literatura galega, Galaxia, Vigo, 1999, pág. 289.
- 2.Chus Pato, favorita para ocupar na Academia a vaga de Fernández Ferreiro.
- 3.Membros da Academia - Plenario - Real Academia Galega.
- 4.Punto de ebullición. 978-84-375-0726-2.
- 5.Organigrama.
- 6.Baixo o límite. 978-84-946005-8-6.
- 7.Chus Pato leva coa súa voz poética o galego á Poetry Room de Harvard.
- 8.David Trueba gana el Premio Nacional de la Crítica.
- 9.Chus Pato, Premio Nacional de Poesía 2024.
- 10.La autora gallega Chus Pato, Premio Nacional de Poesía 2024 por su trabajo 'Sonora'.
- 11.Nacer é unha república de árbores.
- 12.Nacer é unha república de árbores.
- 13.Chus Pato Um fémur de voz corre a galope
- 14.Hordas de escritura seguido de Secesión
- 15.Ficha editorial
- 16.Ficha editorial
- 17.Ficha editorial
- 18.autor/a A. Editorial Xerais.
- 19.RAG: Chus Pato, Premio Clara Campoamor
- 20.Chus Pato, Premio Nacional de Poesía 2024.
- 21.Estos son los cinco galardonados con los premios Gallegos del Año 2024.
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Los signos de la diferencia. Entrevistas con las poetas Chus Pato y Ana Romani, Palabras extremas: Escritoras gallegas e irlandesas de hoyCrossref registry
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Her recorded languages were Galician and Spanish. She married Manuel Igrexas Rodríguez and Anselmo López Carreira. 2 children are recorded: Sabela López Pato and Catuxa López Pato. Pato received Antón Losada Diéguez Prize for literary creation, Premio de la Crítica de poesía gallega and Premio Nacional de Poesía. Recorded as having received Premio de la Crítica de poesía gallega and Premio Nacional de Poesía. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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