Alfredo Conde | |
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 Conde at the Praza do Obradoiro | |
| Born | January 6, 1945 Allariz, Galicia, Spain |
| Occupation | Writer, politician |
| Language | Galician, Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Notable works | Xa vai o Griffón no vento, Los otros días, Breixo |
| Notable awards | Premio Nacional de Narrativa (1986), Premio Nadal (1991), Medalla Castelao (2016) |
Alfredo Conde Cid (born 6 January 1945 in Allariz) is a Galician writer and politician, who has published in both Galician and Spanish. [1]
Conde was born into a middle-class family with strong Galicianist traditions. [2] He studied nautical science at the Nautical College of A Coruña and History at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He worked as a merchant sailor and later as a history teacher in a private school.
In 1973, he co-founded the bookstore Xuntanza in Pontevedra with José Luis Llácer, Margariña Valderrama, María Victoria Moreno, Blanca Varona, Ramón Yuste, Carmen María Echarre, Paco Gulías and Javier Yuste. The bookstore closed in 1976 due to debts. [3]
Between 1981 and 1993, Conde served as a member of the Parliament of Galicia as an independent in the Socialists' Party of Galicia parliamentary group. From 1987 to 1990 he was the regional minister of culture in the government of Fernando González Laxe. He also became the first president of the PEN Club of Galicia (1990–1991).
His first published work was the poetry collection Mencer de lúas (1968), but he is best known for his narrative prose, beginning with the short story collection Mementos de vivos (1974).
Conde was married to Margariña Valderrama, with whom he had two daughters. [7]