Royal Galician Academy
Cultural institution for the Galician language in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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The Royal Galician Academy (Galician: Real Academia Galega, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language. The Academy is based in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The incumbent president, since 2017, is VÃctor Fernández Freixanes.[1]
History
The Sociedade Protectora da Academia Gallega was founded in La Habana, Cuba in 1905. The following year, thanks to the efforts of writers Manuel Curros EnrÃquez and Xosé Fontenla Leal, on 30 September 1906, it was reestablished as the Real Academia Galega, with Manuel MurguÃa as its first president.
In 1972 the Academy standardized the design of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia. Some years later, the Academy persuaded the Galician government to commemorate the old coat of arms by superimposing it on the existing civil flag; the resulting flag is used today. Its terminological branch is Termigal.
Current members
- VÃctor Fernández Freixanes
- Margarita Ledo Andión
- Fina Casalderrey
- Marilar Aleixandre
- Xosé Henrique Monteagudo Romero
- Xesús Alonso Montero
- Rosario Ãlvarez Blanco
- Xosé LuÃs Axeitos Agrelo
- Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo
- Francisco DÃaz-Fierros Viqueira
- Francisco Fernández Rei
- Xesús Ferro Ruibal
- Salvador GarcÃa-Bodaño Zunzunegui
- Manuel González González
- Bernardino Graña Villar
- MarÃa López Sández[2]
- Ramón Lorenzo Vázquez
- Chus Pato
- Xosé LuÃs Regueira Fernández
- Manuel Rivas
- Euloxio RodrÃguez Ruibal
- Ana RomanÃ
- Pegerto Saavedra Fernández
- Anton LuÃs Santamarina Fernández
- Andrés Torres Queiruga
- Ramón Villares Paz