Youth looks at intelligentsia of South America
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Youth looks at intelligentsia of South America |
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The poet and Philologist,
Miro Villar, publishes his degree thesis with Castro´s editions under
the name of "A poesia galega de Xervasio". Meanwhile the poet Modesto Fraga
organizes conferences in Fisterra on the argentinian emigration.
Galicia gave Europe and humanity a major boost for trade when it discovered the new roads to America; even though it is not yet shown that Cristopher Columbus was Galician, (despite the enormous proofs/evidence), his collaborators and highest expedition responsibles are to have been Galician, and yes, galician were the words said from the caravel which gave sight to the New World: "Amaisi" (e mais si!) a galician expression meaning: truly "pois si", pronounced by the sailor who climbed to the mast in order to see if there was land when observing the flying birds. It was also then when Portugal set distance from Galicia; after disminishing the agreement with the Galicians, Catalan and Basques-Cantabrian or Navarre hands, which were involved together with Al Andalusia during the Middle Age. Then, things began to change, thus forcing the galicians to immigrate to America; this continued until about fifty years ago. Many galician families embarked on the journey to the disaspora way and so did people from other parts of Europe: Latvia, Yugoslavia, Germany, Wales, Ireland...and from Asia, Syria, Lebanon... In the galician occidental region: xalleiros, bergantiñans, soneirans, fisterrans... suffered the drama of having to leave their land with the hope of returning back. Some people who returned brought back with them new customs and traditions, others who decided to stay in the new world preserved their language, identity, traditions, believes, dances and their way of seeing and understanding life, which still overcome those people who are scattered around the world with emotion. This is why nowadays part of the youngsters who best speak genuine Galician are children of immigrants from whom they have learned the language whilst being away from Galicia in the United States, France, Switzerland...hense not having a spanish influential environment as the children living in Galicia. Miro Villar, one of the poets who founded the "Costa da Morte Literary batallion", has published his thesis on one of these people who lived all his life far from his native land. Miros´ work is praiseworthy: raking up a person from obscurity who has neither had nor has days or celebrations that remind them despite giving everything to America.
His works consist of 183 poems written in Galician and Spanish, and were published in many magazines such as Alborada, Boletin, etc. What calls our attention is the large quantity of pseudonyms he used, such as, Xalleiro, Pau de Ferro, Nerio, Roxo de Porcar, Xulian de Moraime, Gundariño,etc. Miro Villar is one of those experts in poems who does not give in, faithful in his convictions, an example of rectitude, tenacity and strength together with an even greater thoroughness and meticulousness at the time of undertaking the difficult task of humanity investigation. Meanwhile the young poet Modesto Franga has organized conferences in Fisterra which have been highly attended by most of the galician intelligentsia and institutes, such as by the Galician Government Immigration Secretary, the Council of Fisterra and other galician and argentinian institudes. These are examples of multiple groups of youngster
that are being organized in Galicia to say that they want to do things
for better industry productivity in relation to the communications field:
they are building the new industry of contents.
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Xervasio
Paz Lestón was born in the year 1898, and lived all his life in
Argentina, except eight months when retuning to his native land in 1925.
