Rafael Dieste
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Born1899
Rianxo
Rianxo
Died1981 (aged 81–82)
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
OccupationPoet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist
LanguageGalician and Spanish
Rafael Dieste | |
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 1926 portrait from Vida Gallega. | |
| Born | 1899 Rianxo |
| Died | 1981 (aged 81–82) Santiago de Compostela |
| Occupation | Poet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist |
| Language | Galician and Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Subject | Aesthics |
| Notable works | Nuevo retablo de las maravillas |
Rafael Dieste (Rianxo, 1899–Santiago de Compostela, 1981) was a Galician poet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist writing mostly in Galician language, but also in Spanish language.[1] He began to write with the encouragement of another Galician poet, Manuel Antonio,[2] wrote for the theatre[3] and wrote widely on aesthics.[4] His stories have been compared to the other-world approach of the graphic art of M. C. Escher.[5]
His nephew was the Uruguayan structural architect Eladio Dieste,[6] whose approach to architecture may have been in sympathy with his uncle's poetry.[7][8]
