Work & Activities

As far as poetry is concerned, he wrote in Galician language the poems O mosteiro de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil (1903) and O Pazo (1907). In 1911, he published the poetry book Nido de áspides. In 1917, he wrote two new poems in Galician language titled O vento and Nome-Numen. In 1931, he published a news book titled El crisol del alquimista. In 1948, he wrote Never More, Cantar d'Amigo and Sonata de primavera.Antonio Rey Soto also wrote two theatre plays: Amor que vence al amor and Cuento del Lar.In relation to narrative, he published in 1915 a series of stories titled Remansos de paz, campos de guerra and an essay about the Quixote in 1916. In 1918, he published the novel La loba.During the period of time he spent in America, he wrote some chronicles in the newspaper El Mundo using the general title "El gorro de dormir" and published Los surcos de España, Los gallegos en Guatemala, La copa de cuasia and Estampas guatemaltecas. He also collaborated in the newspaper El Imparcial in Guatemala. Antonio Rey Soto collaborated in different newspapers such as O tío Marcos da Portela de Lamas Carvajal, La Tribuna and El Liberal.He also published two important research works: Galicia en el tricentenario de Lope de Vega and Galicia venera y venero de España. Besides, he translated into Galician language some short poems by Byron titled A máis funesta saeta and published in Galician language one of the first versions of a satirical paragraph by Horacio: Escola de larpeiros.