- Rafa Villar
Rafa Villar (
Cee, Galicia ,1968 - ) is a Galician writer noted especially in the field ofpoetry . He has a degree in Galician-portuguese Philology from theUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela , and works in the linguistic normalization service of theConfederación Intersindical Galega . He was spokesman for the national operator of thePlataforma Nunca Máis and part of the directive of theGalician Writers Association . He is a member of theBatallón Literario da Costa da Morte and was also one of the founders and promoters of the publishing firmLetras de Cal .He began to become known in the year
1991 , when he won thePremio Fermín Bouza Brey for new authors with "Liques da Memoria".He is interested in alternative publishing formats, and was one of the first Galician authors to digitize their works. He has his own personal website, Mares de Simbad, where he offers part of his body of poetry along with articles on the topic of creating and editing literature. He also participated in the creation of the digital publisher
Retagarda Edicións , which offers books on disk. He won thePremio Cómaros Verdes , awarded by the city ofVilagarcía de Arousa , for his book "Casa ou sombra". As a narrator, he won thePremio Curuxa do Humor for short stories.References
[http://www.empresas.mundo-r.com/mico/luagris/luagris/autores/rvillar.htm About Rafa Villar]
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