Manuel Asur

His book, Cancios y poemes pa un riscar ('Songs and Poems to a Dawn') meant the beginning in 1977 of the rebirth (Asturian surdimientu) of Asturian literature, because he contributed with a poetry more modern and daring than anything written before in this language. Most of his works talk about the socio-political facts of the moment. Some became very popular in Asturias in the 1970s since the group Nuberu used them as lyrics for their songs. He wrote also a book of short stories in 1987, Hai una llinia trazada ('There's a Drawn Line'), consisting of short stories that he says to consider "almost monologues". He's a current contributor to La Nueva España publications and works in the Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias. Asur has been an academician of the Academy of the Asturian Language for many years.

• Cancios y poemes pa un riscar (1977). Author's edition. • Camín del cumal fonderu ('Going to the Deeper Peak') (1978). Author's edition. • Vívese d'oyíes: Poemes bilingües ('Living by Hearsay: Bilingual Poems') (1979). Seminariu de Llingua Asturiana • Congoxa que ye amor ('This Anguish is Love') (1982). Author's edition. • Destruición del poeta ('Destruction of the Poet') (1984). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana • Hai una llinia trazada (short stories) (1987). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana • Poesía 1976-1996 ('Poetry 1976-1996', selected works) (1996). Trabe • Orbayos ('Drizzles') (2002). Trabe • El libro de las visitas ('The Visitor's Book', in Spanish language) (2003). Trabe • Lo que dice la caracola ('What the conch says', in Spanish)(2007) Lulu.com • El solitario de Avilés—Vida y obra del filósofo Estanislao Sánchez Calvo ('The Solitary from Aviles—The Life and Work of Philosopher Estanislao Sánchez Calvo', in Spanish (2008). ISBN 978-1-4092-0593-7 • Balada del balagar (2011) Lulu.com (Astur language) Poemes. • Las arrogancias del barro (2015) in Spanish, lulu.com