Xaviel Vilareyo

Xaviel Vilareyo y Villamil (1967 – 19 May 2015) was an Asturian writer born in Mieres in the Province of Asturias, Spain in 1967.

[1] He graduated in Law from Oviedo University and became a high school teacher of music in Madrid, Spain.

[2] Vilareyo's first book of poetry, Cróniques del recuerdu, written in the Astur-Leonese language, secured his first public award in 1995.

[3] His other books of poetry include Más que probable (1998), Os novos poemas (1999), and El camín d'inquietú (2002).

He has as well authored two books of tales, La causa más probable (2006) and "Doña Terina" (2010), essays like "Los ámbitos de la nación asturiana" (2008), "Historia del cine asturianu" (2009), "Les Asturies y el nacionalismu bascu" (2012) and has written a modern Method of Asturian Language.