affirming that "I hope that one day Galician and Portuguese will, gradually and naturally, merge". Indeed, Castelao's political writings were addressed to a Galician audience mostly, hence he used a type of language and spelling that could be easily understood by all. He did make use of old Galician words, often common in Portuguese, as a way to progressively introduce them into colloquial speech; for example his preference for the term Galiza instead of Galicia for the name of the country. Works Cego da romería (1913) Diario (1921) Un ollo de vidro. Memorias d'un esquelete (1922) Cousas (1926, 1929) Cincoenta homes por dez reás (1930) As cruces de pedra na Bretaña (1930) Nós (1931) Os dous de sempre (1934) Retrincos (1934) Galicia Mártir (1937) Atila en Galicia (1937) Milicianos (1938) Sempre en Galiza (1944) Os vellos non-deben de namorarse (play represented in 1941, published posthumously in 1953) As cruces de pedra na Galiza (published posthumously in 1950) See also Partido Galeguista Galician nationalism Galician Statute of Autonomy Galicianism Notes References O nacionalismo galego, Beramendi, J. and Núñez Seixas, X.M., Vigo, A Nosa Terra, 1996 Castelao humorista, López, S., Santiago de Compostela, Centro Ramón Piñeiro, 1996 Fundamentos antropolóxicos da obra de Castelao, González Fernandez, A., Santiago de Compostela, Centro Ramón Piñeiro, 1999 Castelao, propagandista da República en Norteamérica, González López, E., Sada, Do Castro, 2000 Castelao, unha historia do nacionalismo galego, Méixome Quinteiro, C., Vigo, Do Cumio, 2000 Castelao, defensa e ilustración do idioma galego, Monteagudo, H., Vigo, Galaxia, 2000 Arredor de Castelao, García Negro, M.P., Vigo, A Nosa Terra, 2001 Castelao e o Galeuzca, Estévez, X., Santiago de Compostela, Laiovento, 2002 Castelao Pintor, Seixas Seoane, M.A., Vigo, Galaxia, 2006 Ramón Piñeiro e a estratexia do galeguismo, Rodríguez-Polo, X.R., Vigo, Xerais, 2009 External links Museo Castelao.org – Biography, bibliography, museum information (in Galician) Biography of Castelao (in English) Selected quotes from Castelao on language and politics (in Galician) "Castelao y Casares Quiroga" – article about Castelao and Santiago Casares Quiroga (in Spanish) "Theoretical Conceptualization of Emigration and Exile in Alfonso Rodriguez Castelao's Sempre en Galiza", by Mel Bohn (2006). Retrieved 27 September 2008. 1886 births 1950 deaths People from O Barbanza Partido Galeguista (1931) politicians Members of the Congress of Deputies of the Second Spanish Republic Writers from Galicia (Spain) Spanish caricaturists Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War Galician-language writers Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles