GALICIAN LITERATURE DAY

Today, we are celebrating Galician Literature Day. It's a public holiday in Galicia aldo known as the Day of Galician Literature Day or the Day of Galician Letters. It marks the anniversary of the publication of the literary work Cantares Gallegos by Rosalía de Castro on May 17, 1863.

The first Galician Literature Day was held on May 17, 1963. The Royal Galician Academy annually honours a Galician language writer. This year's honoured writer is Manuel María. 

Now that you've learnt or remembered something about this bank holiday in Galicia, we'd like to invite you to have a look at the work some students from 6th grade have done after reading some of Manuel María's most weel-known poems.