Alfredo Conde
Alfredo Conde Cid is a Galician writer and politician, who has published in both Galician and Spanish.
Biography
Conde was born into a middle-class family with strong Galicianist traditions. 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.
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.
His first published work was the poetry collection Mencer de lúas, but he is best known for his narrative prose, beginning with the short story collection Mementos de vivos.
Works in Galician
Fiction
Mementos de vivos Contubernio catro de Tomé S. Come e bebe que o barco é do amo Breixo Memoria de Noa Xa vai o Griffón no vento, Premio Nacional de NarrativaMúsica sacra A morte de Blas Sempre me matan A casa de Adara O fácil que é matar Memoria do soldado Romasanta. Memorias incertas do home lobo Lukumí María das Batallas Chovida do ceo O beato Un vento que pasa Homes de ferro- ''A conto do político''
Poetry
Mencer de lúas- ''ColeccionAN. 69 poemas de amor''
Other works
Conversas con Alfredo Conde. Xuízo, sentenza e condena- Numerous contributions to collective volumes, anthologies and cultural projects.
Works in Spanish
Los otros días Cubita, la bella Azul cobalto. Historia posible del Marqués de Sargadelos María de las batallas Huesos de santo- ''El beato''
Awards and honours
For works in Galician
- Premio da Crítica Española for Breixo
- Premio da Crítica de Galicia for Breixo
- Premio Chitón de Novela for Memoria de Noa
- Premio Ícaro for Memoria de Noa
- Premio Blanco Amor for Xa vai o Griffón no vento
- Premio da Crítica Española for Xa vai o Griffón no vento
- Premio Ginzane Cavour for Xa vai o Griffón no vento
- Premio Nacional de Narrativa for Xa vai o Griffón no vento
- Premio Puro Cora
- Premio Álvaro Cunqueiro de gastronomía for ''E se voara''
For works in Spanish
- Premio Nadal for Los otros días
- Premio Ateneo-Ciudad de Valladolid for ''El beato''