Work & Activities

In 1965, he published his first stories in the magazine 'Grial' and his first and successful book, Vento Ferido, in 1967 (a collection of stories). In 1968, he wrote A galiña azul (a book for children) and published his first novel Cambio en tres. He wrote other books for children such as Un polbo xigante, the theatre play As laranxas máis laranxas de tódalas laranxas (with this play he was awarded 'O Facho' Prize) and the story O can Rin e o lobo Crisón, which was translated into Catalan, Basque and Castilian. In 1972, he translated Le petit prince by Saint-Exupéry into Galician (O principiño) and some years later, he translated Tordyveln flyger i skymningen by María Gripe (Os escaravellos voan á tardiña). In 1976, he got the Galician Narrative Prize, awarded by the National Critic Association for his work Xoguetes para un tempo prohibido. With this work, he also got the prize awarded by 'Galaxia' publishing house to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its foundation. In 1977, he entered the Galician Academy with the speech 'A crise do 98 na literatura galega' and two years later, in 1979, he returned to the short story with his book Os escuros soños de Clío. In 1980, he published the novel Ilustrísima (it was also translated into Castilian) and Os mortos daquel verán in 1986 (it was also translated into Castilian). After a long literary silence, he published the novel Deus sentado nun sillón azul (1996). In the last years, Carlos Casares wrote a biography of Fray Martín Sarmiento and wrote O sol de verán, which was left unpublished although it is expected to be published soon.