Antón Losada Diéguez
| Antón Losada Diéguez | |
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Losada, in 1928
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| Born |
22 December 1884 Boborás, Spain |
| Died | 15 October 1929 (aged 44) Pontevedra, Spain |
| Occupation | Writer and politician |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Genre | Journalism, essay, theatre |
| Spouse | Albina Espinosa Cervela Mercedes Espinosa Cervela |
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Antón Losada Diéguez (b. , (Boborás), Spain, 22 December 1884 - d. Pontevedra, Spain, 15 October 1929) was a writer, Spanish politician, member of the Irmandades da Fala of Ourense, impulsor of the magazine Nós and correspondent of the Royal Galician Academy. He was author of half a dozen books of poetry, seven books, two political writings, the incomplete work A domeadora and the speech Ouservacións encol da prosa galega. He became a member in the Seminar of Galician Studies. He was honoured on the Day of the Galician Letters of 1985.
Antón Losada belonged to the Hidalgo family of traditional ideology and deeply Catholic. He was the son of Miguel Losada y Losada (1860-1913) and Carmen Diéguez Arias y Belt (1850-1888), who died of tuberculosis. He spent five years as an intern at the Santiago Apostol School of the Society of Jesus in Pasaxe (province of Pontevedra). He studied literature at the University of Deusto, graduating in 1906. He took a law course at the University of Santiago de Compostela between 1902 and 1903, where he also acted as assistant professor of . His first writings were non published. In 1904, he went to Madrid where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy and literature. During these years, he wrote four theatrical pieces in Spanish that were presented in several contests.
In 1907, he returned to Galicia to take part in the . He founded the agricultural unions in A Estrada and in other areas of Galicia. During 1910, he relocated his usual residence in Galicia where he attained political appointment to the jaimismo and was chosen as secretary of the Traditionalistic Xunta of Santiago de Compostela.
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