[1] The foundation awards the Fernando Rielo World Prize for Mystical Poetry[usurped] annually.
Rielo is an author of many books and works, mostly Spanish, and is translated into other languages, including English.
[4] Rielo was interested in reading philosophical works, including Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
During these years, he studied for the Spanish Civil Service examination and performed well in it, securing a high grade.
At the age of twenty, he entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer at the seminary of Nava del Rey, where he completed his philosophical and theological studies.
When he completed his religious studies, several coinciding events occurred due to which he could not receive priestly ordination.
After leaving the Redemptorists, Rielo took a civil service position at Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.
In 1996 the University of the Philippines created the Fernando Rielo Chair of Spanish Literature and Thought,[6] to promote Hispanic culture.