Vicente Turnes del Río Maldonado


Category: Writer and doctor in Law
Birth Date: 16th September 1786 (†13th January 1865)
Birth Place: Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
 Curriculum

He took a doctor’s degree in Law at Santiago University, where he practised as a Professor. In spite of going blind when he was twenty-seven, he went on developing an intense activity as a writer. He collaborated in the newspaper El Eco de Galicia, in which he published many articles and the work Foros y subforos de Galicia in the newspaper La Esperanza. He was also the editor of ‘Diálogos en la Alameda de Santiago’ and ‘Tertulia de Picaños’.

 Work & Activities

These are some of his most important works: Diego e Cristobo; Díalogo entre Silvestre Cajarabille e Domingo Magariños, labradores e veciños nas suas respeutivas parroquias; Uno de tantos; Tristes recuerdos del señor don Vicente Turnes...; A inauguración do Liceo artístico e literario da Cruña; Composición poética dedicada a Galicia en su propio dialecto, etc.

 Other Interesting Aspects

After his death, his poems were published in the brochure Composiciones poéticas (1875).