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Xavier Alcalá

Xavier Alcalá (Miguelturra, 1947), Telecommunications Engineer, Doctor in Informatics. He began his literary career in the 60s writing lyrics for Galician pop singer Andrés do Barro. Since then he has published more than 40 titles including short stories, travel books and novels. He is the author of 'A nosa cinza', a canonical novel in Galician literature. The main subjects in his body of work are emigration and adventure. His books are published in Galician by Galaxia, a publishing house of whose board of directors he is a member. His translated work to Spanish and English can be found in Valdemar, Ézaro, Nowtilus, Rinoceronte and TheWriteDeal. From 1971 to the present day he is a columnist in newspapers and magazines.

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“Ferrol me fecit”. Xavier Alcalá

by Xavier Alcalá

Hello, everybody, and welcome to Brit-es.com. The relationship between Spain and Great Britain is as remote as the most ancient nation-states in Europe. We should really talk about Portugal, Castile and England (and let us not forget Galicia, the great loser in Iberian-British History). I would recommend reading Atkinson’s classic, A History of Spain and Portugal, where it was all clearly explained sixty years ago.

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