Rafa Villar

He was spokesman for the national operator of the Plataforma Nunca Máis and part of the directive of the Galician Writers Association.

He began to become known in the year 1991, when he won the Premio Fermín Bouza Brey for new authors with Liques da Memoria.

He has his own personal website, Mares de Simbad, where he offers part of his body of poetry along with articles on the topic of creating and editing literature.

He won the Premio Cómaros Verdes, awarded by the city of Vilagarcía de Arousa, for his book Casa ou sombra.

In 2006, he won the Premio Eusebio Lorenzo Baleirón for the Galician poem, Escoración dos días.