Uxío Novoneyra
Galician poet, writer, and journalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eugenio Novo Neira known as Uxío Novoneyra (Parada de Moreda, Courel, 19 January 1930 – Santiago de Compostela, 30 October 1999) was a Galician poet, journalist and writer of children's literature from Galicia, Spain.
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He was born into a farming family. He started writing poems when he was at high school in Lugo. He went on to study Philosophy and Literature in Madrid. In 1951, he began publishing in Galician language. In 1962, he began working in TV and radio in Madrid. In 1973, he married Elva Rey and they had three children. In 1983 he moved to Santiago de Compostela where he worked for the Association of Writers in the Galician Language until he died in 1999. In his works, he expresses his nationalist and Marxist views through intricate poetic patterns.