Xela Arias

Xela Arias Castaño (1962–2003) was a Spanish Galician-language poet and translator.

Although she published only four poetry collections,[1][2] she is considered a major voice of Galician literature for "contributing to the renewal of Galician poetry by bringing new topics and a very personal style.

[5][6] Xela Arias translated works by Jorge Amado, Camilo Castelo Branco, James Joyce, Fenimore Cooper and Wenceslao Fernández Flórez into Galician.

[7] Xela Arias was born in Lugo in 1962, but soon moved to Vigo, where she spent most of her life.

[10] Her collected works were published in November 2018, bringing together her 4 published poetry collections, Denuncia do equilibro, Tigres coma cabalos, Darío a día and Intempériome.