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Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (30 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism; promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement ''Xeración Nós''. He was also one of the founders and president of the Galicianist Party''.'' ==Early life and youth (1886–1929)== Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao was born on 30 January 1886 in the town of Rianxo, Galicia. He was the firstborn of Manuel Rodríguez Dios, a mariner who made sails for ships, and Joaquina Castelao Genme. On the day of his birth he was baptised at the parish church of Santa Comba with his maternal aunt and uncle, Pilara and Francisco Castelao, as godparents He spent his childhood and adolescence in Santa Rosa de Toay, Argentina. In 1900, the Rodríguez Castelao family returned to Rianxo. In 1908 he obtained his degree in Medicine from the University of Santiago de Compostela. During his university years Rodríguez Castelao joined the ''tuna'', with which he visited Portugal in a number of occasions. He passed his doctorate in Madrid in 1909, where he began to gain some popularity as a caricaturist and cartoon artist.〔(''Museu do Humor''; Castelao ). Access date 8 October 2008〕 In fact, Rodríguez Castelao often admitted he only studied medicine to please the wishes of his father. He rarely practiced medicine professionally despite having the credentials for it.〔Castelao in ''Sempre in Galiza'', 1944, ironically comments: "I do not practice medicine because of the love and respect I have for human kind"〕 He eventually settled down in Rianxo, where he joined the political movement ''Acción Gallega'' ("Galician Action"). As a caricaturist, Rodríguez Castelao focussed on the everyday in a humorous way, although after experiencing the Spanish Civil War, he turned to using his art to denounce the cruelties of Fascism in a collection of paintings. His paintings would also depict casual moments of Galician life and culture. In 1916, he moved to Pontevedra, where he joined the ''Irmandades da Fala'' ("Brotherhoods of the Language"). Rodríguez Castelao developed an emotional attachment with Pontevedra and frequently claimed he wanted to be considered a native of that city; he even expressed a will to be buried there and not back in his original Rianxo or elsewhere.〔(Castelao in a letter to the President of the Pontevedra Centre in Buenos Aires, 1947 )〕 Also in 1916, he participated in the ''Asembleia Nazonalista de Lugo'' ("Nationalist Assembly of Lugo"), signing a declaration for the history of Galician nationalism. In 1920, he starts publishing the magazine ''Nós'', together with Vicente Risco and Otero Pedrayo. That same year he travelled through France, the Netherlands and Germany. In 1922, he wrote the novel ''Un ollo de vidro'' and in 1924 he joined the ''Seminário de Estudos Galegos'' ("Seminar of Galician Studies") and founded the Pontevedra Polyphonic Choir; as he was an amateur musician). Two years, in 1926, he published ''Cousas''. He travelled to Brittany in 1928 to study calvaries and publish ''As cruces de pedra na Bretaña''. That is also the year when his only son dies at the age of 14. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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