Castelao's book of sketches and jokes recently published in the city
in 3 languages - Spanish, English and Bengali. Title of Bengali
version - Jibaner Saat Satero : Nirbachito Prasanga. It was published
by Manfakira. Alfonso Daniel RODRÍGUEZ DE
CASTELAO (30 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), also known as Castelao,
was a Spanish writer on Galician language and one of the main symbols
of Galicia. As a politician, caricaturist, and writer, he is one of
the leading
figures of Galician culture and identity. In
1886, Alfonso Daniel
Rodríguez de Castelao was
born on 30 January in Rianxo, Galicia, Spain. Castelao spent his childhood
and adolescence in Santa Rosa de Toay, Argentina. In 1900, the
Castelao family returned to
Rianxo. In 1908, he obtained
his degree in Medicine from
the University of Santiago de Compostela. The next year, he passed his
doctorate in Madrid, where he started to become
known as a caricaturist, and
settled down in Rianxo, joining
the political movement Action Galicia (Acción Gallega in Spanish). As
a caricaturist, Castelao focussed on the
everyday in a humorous way,
although after the cruelty and
tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, he turned to using his art to
denounce the misery of Fascism.
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A. B.
in 3 languages - Spanish, English and Bengali. Title of Bengali
version - Jibaner Saat Satero : Nirbachito Prasanga. It was published
by Manfakira. Alfonso Daniel RODRÍGUEZ DE
CASTELAO (30 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), also known as Castelao,
was a Spanish writer on Galician language and one of the main symbols
of Galicia. As a politician, caricaturist, and writer, he is one of
the leading
figures of Galician culture and identity. In
1886, Alfonso Daniel
Rodríguez de Castelao was
born on 30 January in Rianxo, Galicia, Spain. Castelao spent his childhood
and adolescence in Santa Rosa de Toay, Argentina. In 1900, the
Castelao family returned to
Rianxo. In 1908, he obtained
his degree in Medicine from
the University of Santiago de Compostela. The next year, he passed his
doctorate in Madrid, where he started to become
known as a caricaturist, and
settled down in Rianxo, joining
the political movement Action Galicia (Acción Gallega in Spanish). As
a caricaturist, Castelao focussed on the
everyday in a humorous way,
although after the cruelty and
tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, he turned to using his art to
denounce the misery of Fascism.
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A. B.
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