Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández


Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández, Xocas, was a Spanish educator. He studied in Ourense, and his teacher was Ramón Otero Pedrayo. He studied philosophy and letters in Santiago de Compostela and Zaragoza.
Xocas, when he was teacher in Ourense, entered in the Grupo Nós with Vicente Risco, Florentino Cuevillas and Otero Pedrayo. He was member of the Seminario de Estudos Galegos, the Galician Royal Academy and president of the Museo do Pobo Galego.
He is the son of the writer Xosé Lorenzo Álvarez.

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