Galician Writers Association

Galician Writers Association

Galician Writers Association (AELG) (Asociación de Escritores en Lingua Galega) is an official entity depending on Xunta de Galicia formed by writers in galician language. It was founded in by a group of writers: Álvaro Cunqueiro, Rafael Dieste, Ánxel Fole, Ricardo Carballo Calero, Antón Avilés de Taramancos, and others. It was named by the Swedish Academy to present canditatures to the Nobel Prize and is part of the European Writers Congress.

Every year AELG celebrates every "O escritor na súa terra" (Writer in its land) ceremony dedicated to a Galician language writer trayectory and the AELG Prize to the best Galician language work of the year.

At present, Galician Writers Association is placed in a A Coruña, presided by Euloxio Ruibal, and also directed by Carlos Negro, Carlos L. Bernárdez, Marica Campo, Rafa Villar, Marta Dacosta, Rosa Aneiros, Enrique Rabuñal e Cesáreo Sánchez.

See also

* Real Academia Galega - "Galician Royal Academy"

External links

* [http://www.xente.mundo-r.com/aelg/ Asociación de Escritores en Língua Galega]


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