Xosé María Díaz Castro
Xosé María Díaz Castro (19 February 1914 – 2 October 1990) was a Galician poet and translator. In 2014, Galician Literature Day was dedicated to him.
Also recorded as Xose Maria Diaz Castro · José María Díaz Castro
Xosé María Díaz Castro
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- Name
- Xosé María Díaz Castro
- Born
- 19 February 1914
- Birthplace
- Guitiriz, Galicia
- Died
- 2 October 1990
- Place of death
- Lugo, Galicia
- Occupation
- Writer and translator
- Education
- University of Salamanca
- Spouse
- María Teresa Zubizarreta Bengoechea
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Honours
- Galician Literature Day.
- Languages
- Galician and Spanish.
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Xosé María Díaz Castro (19 February 1914 – 2 October 1990) was a Galician poet and translator. In 2014, Galician Literature Day was dedicated to him.
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Xosé María Díaz Castro (1914–1990) was a poet, translator and writer, of Spanish nationality. The poet was born in Guitiriz and died in Lugo.
Xosé María Díaz Castro was educated at University of Salamanca. The poet was a member of Royal Galician Academy.
Languages used include Galician and Spanish. Honours include Galician Literature Day.
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• Name — Xosé María Díaz Castro • Birth Name — Xosé María Díaz Castro • Born — 19 February 1914 • Birthplace — Guitiriz, Galicia • Died — 2 October 1990 • Place of death — Lugo, Galicia • Occupation — Writer and translator • Language — Galician • Education — University of Salamanca • Spouse — María Teresa Zubizarreta Bengoechea • Children — Three (José Mari, Maite and Íñigo)
Original work
Original work
• Nimbos (1961).
Translations
Translations
Castro translated multiple authors' works into both Spanish and English. Authors whose works he translated to Spanish include Verner von Heidenstam, Henrik Pontoppidan, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Walt Whitman, G. K. Chesterton, Frederick Forsyth, Friedrich Schiller, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Valéry, Alphonse de Lamartine and Paul Claudel. Authors whose works he translated into English include Federico García Lorca and Rafael Alberti.
Further information
Further information
• AAVV; Homenaxe a X. M. Díaz Castro, Xermolos, Guitiriz, 1987, 192 p.,. • Blanco Torrado, A.; A ascensión dun poeta, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Novacaixagalicia, Compostela, 1995, 143 p.,. • Requeixo, Armando, Xosé María Díaz Castro, vida e obra, Editorial Galaxia, Vigo, 2014, 200 p.,.
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1914
Xosé María Díaz Castro was born on 19 February 1914.
1990
Xosé María Díaz Castro died on 2 October 1990.
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Guitiriz.
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Lugo.
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- 1.'Terra Rebada', de Díaz Castro. Real Academia Galega. 2014-02-18.
- 2.Día das Letras Galegas a Díaz Castro Royal Galician Academy.
- 3.Requeixo, Armando; Unha aproximación a Nimbos de Xosé María Díaz Castro, Revista Galega do Ensino, nº 12, 1996, p. 101-120 (Dialnet).
- 4.Díaz Castro, Xosé María (Parga, Guitiriz 19-2-1914 – Lugo 2-10-1990) , Enciclopedia Galega Universal.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Xose Maria Diaz Castro and José María Díaz Castro. His recorded languages were Galician and Spanish. Recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as translator, writer and poet. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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