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When he was 21 he published his first book titled Cartafol de poesía. In 1954 he published O soño sulagado. His book Longa noite de pedra is a great event for Galician poetry. It is a social-poetry book that attacks imperialism and the system oppressing freedom.In 1968 he published Viaxe ao país dos ananos, which is a satire against Galician people in emigration who are not social-conscious and only look for richness and their own profit.Celso Emilio Ferreiro used the satire again in the books Paco Pixiñas (1970) and Cemiterio privado (1973). His book Antipoemas was also satirical. It was first written in Galician language but it was censored. In 1971 he won an international poetry-prize with this book translated into Castilian language and it was published the following year. In his poetry he normally used sarcastic humour, anglicisms and so forth.In 1969 he published Terra de ningures about life in exile.Onde o mundo se chama Celanova (1975) is a book of lyrical poems about his native town.As far as his narrative production is concerned, he published A fronteira infinda (1972) and A taberna do galo (1978).Celso Emilio Ferreiro normally wrote in Galician language but he also wrote some poetry books in Castilian language: .Al aire de tu vuelo (Pontevedra, 1941), Baladas, cantigas y donaires (Pontevedra, 1947), Voz y voto (Montevideo, 1955) and others.