Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández

Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández, Xocas, was born on June 23, 1907 in Ourense; and he died there the July 19 of 1989. He studied in Ourense, and his teacher was Ramón Otero Pedrayo. He studied Philosophy and Letters in Santiago de Compostela and Zaragoza.

Xocas, when he was teacher in Ourense, entered in the Grupo Nós with Vicente Risco, Florentino Cuevillas and Otero Pedrayo. He was member of the Seminario de Estudos Galegos, the Galician Royal Academy and president of the Museo do Pobo Galego.

He's son of the writer Xosé Lorenzo Álvarez.

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