Manuel Asur
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Manuel Asur (Güeria Carrocera, San Martín del Rey Aurelio
, Asturias
, 1947) is a Spanish essayist and poet in Asturian
. He's considered to be one of the first modern poets in this language. He has a Ph.D degree in Philosophy
. His book, Cancios y poemes pa un riscar ('Songs and Poems to a Dawn') meant the beginning in 1977 of the rebirth (Asturian surdimientu) of asturian literature, because he contributed with a poetry more newfangled and risked than anything written before in this language. Most of their works talk about the socio-political facts of the moment. Some of their poems became very popular in Asturias in 1970s since the group Nuberu
used them as lyrics for their songs. He wrote also a narrative book in 1987, Hai una llinia trazada ('There's a Drawn Line'), with short stories that he say to consider "almost monologues". He's a current articulist of La Nueva España publications and works in the Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias.
San Martín del Rey Aurelio
San Martín del Rey Aurelio is a municipality of the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain....
, Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, 1947) is a Spanish essayist and poet in Asturian
Asturian language
Asturian is a Romance language of the West Iberian group, Astur-Leonese Subgroup, spoken in the Spanish Region of Asturias by the Asturian people...
. He's considered to be one of the first modern poets in this language. He has a Ph.D degree in Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
. His book, Cancios y poemes pa un riscar ('Songs and Poems to a Dawn') meant the beginning in 1977 of the rebirth (Asturian surdimientu) of asturian literature, because he contributed with a poetry more newfangled and risked than anything written before in this language. Most of their works talk about the socio-political facts of the moment. Some of their poems became very popular in Asturias in 1970s since the group Nuberu
Nuberu
The Nuberu or Nubeiro is a character of Asturian, Cantabrian or Galician mythology. He is known by the two names respectively depending on the mythology...
used them as lyrics for their songs. He wrote also a narrative book in 1987, Hai una llinia trazada ('There's a Drawn Line'), with short stories that he say to consider "almost monologues". He's a current articulist of La Nueva España publications and works in the Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias.
Books published
- Cancios y poemes pa un riscar (1977). Author's edition. ISBN 84-400-3593-4
- Camín del cumal fonderu ('Going to the Deeper Peak') (1978). Author's edition. ISBN 84-500-2951-1
- Vívese d'oyíes: Poemes bilingües ('Living by Hearsay: Bilingual Poems') (1979). Seminariu de Llingua Asturiana ISBN 84-600-1484-3
- Congoxa que ye amor ('This Anguish is Love') (1982). Author's edition. ISBN 84-300-7245-4
- Destruición del poeta ('Destruction of the Poet') (1984). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana ISBN 84-600-3778-9
- Hai una llinia trazada (short stories) (1987). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana ISBN 84-600-5309-1
- Poesía 1976-1996 ('Poetry 1976-1996', selected works) (1996). Trabe ISBN 84-8053-068-5
- Orbayos ('Drizzles') (2002). Trabe ISBN 84-8053-217-3
- El libro de las visitas ('The Visitor's Book', in spanish languageSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) (2003). Trabe ISBN 84-8053-252-1 - Lo que dice la caracola ('What the conch says', in spanish languageSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
)(2007) Lulu.com ISBN 978-1-84753-676-1 - El solitario de Avilés -- Vida y obra del filósofo Estanislao Sánchez Calvo ('The Solitary from Aviles -- The Life and Work of Philosopher Estanislao Sánchez Calvo', in spanish languageSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
)(2008). I.S.B.N: 978-1-4092-0593-7 - Balada del balagar (2011) Lulu.com ISBN: 978-1-14709-3513-9 (Astur language) Poemes.
External links
- El sombreru de Virxilio. Biography, bibliography and two poems of Manuel Asur (in Asturian language)