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Mart铆n Veiga awarded the prestigious award Pedr贸n de Honra

22 May 2017

For his work on Galician Studies and promotion of Galician language and culture.

Dr Mart铆n Veiga, lecturer in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies and director of the Irish Centre for Galician Studies, was awarded this year's prestigious award Pedr贸n de Honra for a career dedicated to the promotion and visibilization of Galician language and literature abroad.

The Pedr贸n de Honra is awarded to the most prominent advocate for Galician language and culture and this year, the Pedr贸n de Ouro foundation celebrated Mart铆n Veiga's individual work as a researcher and a poet, as well as his role as the director of the Irish Centre for Galician Studies in UCC, which has become, according to the foundation, as 'one of the most dynamic fora in terms of teaching, promotion and research activities around Galician language and culture abroad'. Mart铆n Veiga co-edits the academic journal 'Galicia 21: Journal of Contemporary Galician Studies' and coordinates the panel on Galician Studies in the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland yearly conference, as well as being a representative of Irish universities in the executive committee of the association.

Among his academic interests are contemporary Galician literature, particularly poetry, literary translation and travel writing in the Iberian world. He has written extensively about the life and work of Galician poet Ant贸n Avil茅s de Taramancos, including a monograph on the author entitled Escribir na multitude: A obra literaria de Ant贸n Avil茅s de Taramancos (2014). Mart铆n Veiga's poetry is included in several anthologies and collective books, both Irish and Galician, as well as being published in five award-winning individual collections: Tempo van de porcelana (1990), As 煤ltimas ru铆nas (1994, Espiral Maior Award), Ollos de 谩mbar (2005, Esqu铆o award), Fundaxes (2006, Fiz Vergara Vilari帽o award) and Diario de Crosses Green (2016).