Xosé Luis Martínez Pereiro


Category: Humourist and writer
Birth Date: 19th October 1959
Birth Place: A Coruña
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   Cultura
 Curriculum

His versatile creative activity comprises drawing, humorous tale and plays. He entered the literary world by means of many prizes and honourable mentions of the juries.

 Work & Activities

THEATRE: Tres crimes en busca dunhas labazadas (1985, Cadernos da Escola Dramática Galega, included in the anthology Teatro nas aulas, Vía Láctea), Un día na vida de Vladimiro e o seu can Trotsky (1987, Biblioteca do Arlequín, nº 1, Sotelo Blanco), Traxicomedia do Pai Ternoster e unha pastora lusitana chamada Viriata (1989, IX Short Theatre Prize), Monólogo con oito pausas e un falso espectador (1990, Cadernos da E.D.G.), Panexírico da lapa (2000, ‘Casahamlet’, nº 2, County Council of A Coruña), Guiso de choupa (2001, Cadernos de Teatro nº 3, IGAEM), Carne de Estatua (2001, Baía) and Aproximación á muller nociva (2002, Biblioteca Virtual Galega, University of A Coruña).
FICTION: Amálgama de desquiciados (1992, Baía), O antropófago (1999, Egasur, S.L., A Peneira Humorous Short Story Prize), As irmás bastardas da ciencia (1999, Laiovento, VIII ‘Carvalho Calero’ Fiction Prize, City Council of Ferrol), Breviario de calamidades (1999, Espiral Maior), Medición definitiva do limbo (2000, Espiral Maior, II Cidade da Coruña Fantastic Literature Prize), A embaixada do vinagre (2002, Sotelo Blanco, III ‘Risco’ Fantastic Literature Prize, Risco Foundation and City Council of Ourense), Palamades e a Besta Ladradora (2003, Espiral Maior, X Manuel Murguía Prize, City Council of Arteixo, included in the volume De soños e memorias) and A muller mariña (203, A Nosa Terra, illustrated by the painter Ana Pillado).
GRAPHIC HUMOUR: He began to work in the magazine ‘Can sen dono’ and went on in the magazines ‘XO!’, ‘Sapoconcho’ and ‘O Farelo’. His caustic humour is reflected in several anthologies: Os humoristas e a reconversión, Humor galego ao 88, Antoloxía Internacional de humor antirracista (published in many languages of the European Community, Université René Descartes, Paris, 1999), ‘Curuxas’ Catalogues of the Humour Museum in Fene. In 1993, he formed part of the embassy that represented the Galician graphic humourism in the VIII International Humour Biennial (Cuba). In the year 2000, he was awarded ‘Castelao’ Graphic Humour Prize (City Council of Pontevedra) and began his activity in Portugal thanks to ‘Humorgrafe’ (Vila Real, Idanha-a-Nova, Lousa...). His humour is also known in Brazil (Piauí, Caratinga, Río Grande do Sul), Iran (Tabrizcartoons), Azerbaiján, Italy, Kenya, Poland, Uruguay, Turkey, Germany, etc.

 Other Interesting Aspects

As far as the virtual world is concerned, he is the 909th member of the Humoràlia Catalonian web, where he collaborates with a joke every week and participates in several web pages: www.portalelcan.com, www.tebeosfera.com, www.karikaturevi.com and www.vagaodohumor.com.