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| Rosalía de Castro |
María Rosalía Rita de Castro (24 February 1837–15 July 1885), was a Galician romanticist writer and poet. She wrote in Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros, she became an important figure of the Rexurdimento, the Galician romantic movement. Her poetry is marked by saudade, an almost ineffable combination of nostalgia, longing and melancholy.
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She married Manuel Murguía, member of the Galician Academy, historian, journalist and editor of Rosalía's books. The couple had seven children. The only two that married were Aura in 1897 and Gala in 1922; neither they nor their siblings left any children, and thus there are no living descendants of Rosalía de Castro and her husband.
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| Rosalía de Castro in 1883 |
The date she published her first collection of poetry in Galician, Cantares gallegos, Galician Songs, 17 May 1863, is commemorated every year as the Día das Letras Galegas, Galician Literature Day, an official holiday of Galicia, and has been dedicated to an important writer in the Galician language since 1963.
Relative poverty and sadness marked her life, although she had a strong sense of commitment to the poor and to the defenseless.
She was a strong opponent of abuse of authority and defender of women's rights. She suffered from cancer and died of this illness.
She is buried in the Panteón de Galegos Ilustres, a pantheon in the Convent of San Domingos de Bonaval at Santiago.
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Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky; yet I know you exist and are no futile dream.
Rosalía de Castro
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