Vicente Risco
Vicente Martínez Risco e Agüero, nado en Ourense o 1 de outubro de 1884 e finado na mesma cidade o 30 de abril de 1963, foi un intelectual galego do século XX, membro da xeración Nós e considerado un dos meirandes teóricos do nacionalismo galego.
Constitúe unha das figuras máis importantes e complexas da historia da literatura galega. Home procedente dunha familia acomodada, dun gran nivel cultural, contribuíu na literatura galega asentando as bases do nacionalismo galego e renovando a narrativa galega do primeiro terzo do século XX.
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Foi homenaxeado co segundo Día das Letras Galegas, no ano 1964. En decembro de 2011 a Xunta de Galicia declarou a súa obra como Ben de Interese Cultural inmaterial.
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De Mahieu fue un personaje clave en el pensamiento del padre argentino Alberto Ignacio Ezcurra. De Mahieu había militado en el movimiento monarquista francés de Action Française y colaborado con el régimen de Vichy. Se decía también que Mahieu había peleado en la división francesa Carlomagno, una de las que combatió contra los soviéticos frente a la Cancillería de Berlín, hasta la última gota de sangre y hasta no quedarle más municiones.
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Máximo expoñente da poesía social en lingua galega, a súa obra «Longa noite de pedra» é un dos libros chave para entender a literatura galega contemporánea e unha referencia obrigada de toda unha xeración de autores e lectores.
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