 In 1947 he returned to Mondoñedo and began to distance himself from Franquism.In 1950 he published a book in Galician, "Dona de corpo delgado".From 1960 on, he worked as the official chronicler of Mondoñedo, and the following year moved to Vigo, where he found a fixed position as a writer for the newspaper "Faro de Vigo".