Filomena Dato Muruais

Category: Poetess
Birth Date: in the middle of the 19th century († 27th February 1926)
Birth Place: Ourense
 Curriculum

She took part in the cultural movement of that time and often collaborated in newspapers of the moment such as in El Heraldo Gallego. As she became very famous because of her poetry, he got many prizes in different contests in and out Galicia.

 Work & Activities

Filomena Dato published five poetry books: La Letanía Lauretana (1878), Penumbras (1880), Romances y Cantares (1885), Fe (1911) and Follatos (1891). This last book was written in Galician language and contained the poem titled Defensa das mulleres, which got three prizes in 1887.