Rafael Dieste

Rafael Dieste (Rianxo, 1899–Santiago de Compostela, 1981) was a Galician poet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist writing mostly in Galician language, but also in Spanish language.^[1] He began to write with the encouragement of another Galician poet, Manuel Antonio,^[2] wrote for the theatre^[3] and wrote widely on aesthics.^[4] His stories have been compared to the other-world approach of the graphic art of M. C. Escher.^[5]

Rafael Dieste
1926 portrait from Vida Gallega.
Born	1899 Rianxo
Died	1981 (aged 81–82) Santiago de Compostela
Occupation	Poet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist
Language	Galician and Spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Subject	Aesthics
Notable works	Nuevo retablo de las maravillas

His nephew was the Uruguayan structural architect Eladio Dieste,^[6] whose approach to architecture may have been in sympathy with his uncle's poetry.^[7][8]

Selected works

• Nuevo retablo de las maravillas (1937; The New Marvelous Puppet Show)
• Viaje, duelo y perdición: tragedia, humorada y comedia. 1979
• Viaje y fin de Frontán
• A fiestra baldeira, 1927-1958
• Dos arquivos do trasno, 1926

Further reading

• Sáenz, Paz, ed. (1988). Narratives from the Silver Age. Translated by Hughes, Victoria; Richmond, Carolyn. Madrid: Iberia. ISBN 84-87093-04-3.