Álvaro Cunqueiro

Álvaro Cunqueiro (Mondoñedo, 1911 - Vigo, 1981) devoted himself from a very young age to literature and journalism. His work covers all genres and the widest range of subjects, from poetry to cookery books, via fiction and drama. Gifted with a singular imagination and an extraordinary capacity for invention, he revitalised Galician literature. Cunqueiro overturned the traditional concept of genres and built a coherent literary world in which he dealt with popular topics and recreated myths and historical and literary characters. He produced a unique body of work that places him among the best writers of the 20th century in Galicia and the world.