Galician literature has been developed both in Galician and Spanish. Galician (Galego) is a language variety of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia (in the Galician language, Galicia or Galiza), an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. ...

The first written Galician literature was at the beginning of 13th century.

In the Middle Ages, Galego-português (or Portuguese-Galician) was a language of culture, poetry (troubadors) and religion throughout not only Galiza and Portugal but also Castile. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Portuguese-Galician (is known as Galaico-Português or Galego-Português in Portuguese and Galaico-Portugués and Galego-Portugués in Galician) was a Iberian Romance language, spoken in the Middle Ages, in the western area of the Iberian Peninsula. ... A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ...

After the separation of Portuguese and Galician, Galician was considered provincial and was not widely used for literary or academic purposes.

It was with the Rexurdimento ("Rebirth"), in the mid 1800s that Galician was used again in literature, and then in politics. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Authors

Main Authors in Galician

• Alfonso X of Castile
• Rosalía de Castro
• Manuel Curros Enríquez
• Eduardo Pondal
• Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao
• E. Blanco Amor
• Vicente Risco
• Manuel Murguía
• Fermín Bouza Brei
• Carlos Casares
• Manuel Rivas
• Suso de Toro
• Padre Feijoo
• Celso Emilio Ferreiro
• Xosé Neira Vilas
• Padre Sarmiento
• Francisco Añón
• Florentino López Cuevillas
• Antonio Noriega Varela
• Marcial Valladares
• Gonzalo López Abente
• Valentín Lamas Carvajal
• Xohán Vicente Viqueira
• Xoán Manuel Pintos
• Antón Vilar Ponte
• Antonio López Ferreiro
• Manuel Antonio
• Luis Amado Carballo
• Manuel Leiras Pulpeiro
• Armando Cotarelo Valledor
• Antón Losada Diéguez
• Aquilino Iglesia Alvariño
• Ramón Otero Pedraio
• Luís Pimentel
• Álvaro Cunqueiro
• Fermín Bouza Brei
• Eduardo Blanco Amor
• Luís Seoane
• Rafael Dieste
• Xesús Ferro Couselo
• Ánxel Fole
• Manuel Murguía
• Dario Xoan Cabana
• Johan de Cangas
• Meendinho
• Martín Codax

Alfonso X and his court. ... Rosalía de Castro Rosalía de Castro (24 February 1837 – 15 July 1885) was a Spanish writer and poet. ... Eduardo María González-Pondal Abente (Bergantiños, February 8, 1835 - La Coruña 1917) was a Galician language poet. ... Castelao Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (30 January 1886 - 1950) is one of the main symbols of Galicia. ... Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (8 October 1676 - 26 September 1764) was a Spanish monk and scholar noted for encouraging scientific thought in Spain. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

Main Authors in Spanish

• Ramón del Valle-Inclán
• Camilo José Cela (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1989)
• Emilia Pardo Bazán
• Concepción Arenal
• Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
• Benito Vicetto Pérez
• Blanca Andreu

Ramón del Valle-Inclán Ramón del Valle-Inclán (28 October 1866 – 5 January 1936), Spanish dramatist, novelist and member of the Generation of 98, is considered perhaps the most noteworthy and certainly the most radical dramatist working to subvert the traditionalism of the Spanish theatrical establishment... Camilo José Cela Trulock (May 11, 1916–January 17, 2002) was a Spanish writer. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... Concepción Arenal (born in El Ferrol in the 19th Century) excelled in literature, and was the first woman ever to go to university in Spain. ... Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (June 13, 1910 - January 27, 1999) was a Spanish writer, primarily a novelist though he also published journalism, essays, and plays. ... Vicetto Pérez, Benito: Born in El Ferrol in 19th century Spain, was one of the most remarkable figures of the Galician Renascence in Literature, and it was thanks to his work and enthusiasm that he make possible the Galician Regionalism. Categories: People stubs ...

See also

• Día das Letras Galegas ("Galician Literature Day") on May 17