Ramón Otero Pedrayo

Ramón Otero Pedrayo studied at Universidad Central. Training under Antonio González Garbín, Marcelo Macías and Eduardo Moreno López is recorded. The recorded working language is Spanish and Galician. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Employment is recorded with University of Santiago de Compostela. Positions recorded include Member of the Cortes republicanas and full professor. Works named in the authority record are Os camiños da vida. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise and Galician Literature Day.

Otero Pedrayo taught Geography and History in Burgos and Santander (Spain), before he went back to his natal city of Ourense. In 1918 he becomes a member of the Galicianist organisation Irmandades da Fala. He was a member of the Spanish parliament during the time of the Spanish Second Republic representing the Partido Galeguista (Galicianist Party) and the Republican Nationalist Party of Ourense. He was the first professor of Geography at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Apart from being considered the person who first introduced modern Geography in Galicia, he also was an accomplished writer as he demonstrates in his numerous essays, novels, plays and poems. He was also renowned as a great orator with a charismatic voice. In 1933, he addressed a speech at a rally during the Basque Fatherland Day organized by the Basque Nationalist Party at San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa (picture above). Some of his famous novels are Os camiños da vida and O mesón dos Ermos, where he provides a meticulous description of Galician rural life. In fact, his non-scientific works are often taken as historical sources, since they are quite accurate and rigorous in terms of localization, description and context. It must also be mentioned Arredor de si, a novel often considered to be a veiled autobiography. Among his vast scientific production the encyclopaedia Historia de Galiza (first published in 1962) stands out as a colossal project. Yet, in his many works he depicts with precision the history, geography, folklore and anthropology of Galicia. He is the first geographer to define Galicia as an Atlantic country, that is, of Atlantic and not Mediterranean culture. And together with archaeologist Florentino López Cuevillas he is one of the first researchers embarking in a systematic scientific study of Galicia's Celtic past. There is a foundation named after him, which preserves and promotes his works.

• Pantelas, home libre (short stories) (1925) • O purgatorio de don Ramiro (short stories) (1926) • Síntesis xeográfica de Galicia (geography) (1926) • Escrito na néboa (short stories) (1927) • Os camiños da vida (novel in three books) (1928) • A lagarada (theatre play) (1928) • Arredor de si (novel) (1930) • Contos do camiño e da rúa (short stories) (1932) • Fra Vernero (novel) (1934) • Teatro de máscaras (theatre play) (1934) • Devalar (novel) (1935) • O mesón dos ermos (short stories) (1936) • O desengano do prioiro (theatre play) (1952) • Entre a vendima e a castiñeira (short stories) (1957) • Bocarribeira. Poemas pra ler e queimar (poetry) (1958) • Rosalía (theatre dialogues) (1959) • O señorito da Reboraina (novel) (1960) • Historia de Galiza (historical/geographical encyclopaedia, 1962) • Síntesis histórica do século XVIII en Galicia (history) (1969) • O fidalgo e a noite (theatre dialogues) (1970) • Noite compostelá (theatre dialogues) (1973) • O Maroutallo (short stories) (1974) • Os rios galegos (geography) (1976)

• Guia de Galicia (geography) (1926) • Paisajes y problemas geográficos de Galicia (geography) (1928) • Historia de la cultura gallega (history/anthropology) (1939) • Las palmas del convento (novel) (1941). • Vida del Doctor Don Marcelo Macías y García (novel) (1943) • Adolescencia (novel) (1944). • La vocación de Adrián Silva (novel) (1949). • Las ciudades gallegas (geography) (1955) • Geografía de España: presencia y potencia del suelo y del pueblo español (geography) (1955) • Galicia: una cultura de Occidente (geography) (1975)

He also worked under the names Cerro de los Llanos, Santiago de Amaral and Roque de Agra. The authorities additionally record the headings Ramón Antonio Vicente Otero Pedrayo, Ramon Otero Pedrayo and Ramon Antonio Vicente Otero Pedrayo. His recorded languages were Spanish and Galician. He was the child of Enrique Otero Sotelo and Eladia Pedrayo.

He was employed by University of Santiago de Compostela. Recorded positions include Member of the Cortes republicanas and full professor. He belonged to Royal Galician Academy, Xeración Nós, Irmandades da Fala, Seminario de Estudos Galegos and Editorial Galaxia. He worked at Madrid.