Ánchel Conte Cazcarro (15 October 1942 – 23 November 2023) was a Spanish poet and historian of the

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Biography

Born in

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on 15 October 1942, Conte held a doctorate in history and taught secondary school until his retirement in 2003. Active during the

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, he joined the

Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain (; PCE) is a communist party that, since 1986, has been part of the United Left coalition, which is currently part of Sumar. Two of its politicians are Spanish government ministers: Yolanda Díaz (Minister of L ...

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. He was one of the founders of ''Andalán'' magazine and of the ''Consello d'a Fabla Aragonesa''. He also created a collection of folklore from

Sobrarbe Sobrarbe is a comarca of Aragon, Spain. It is located in the north of Huesca province, making up part of the autonomous community of Aragon. Many of its people speak the Aragonese language locally known as ''fabla''. Sobrarbe is a mountainous ...

and co-founded the folkloric group Viello Sobrarbe. Ánchel Conte died in

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on 22 November 2023, at the age of 81.

Publications

Poetry

*''No deixez morir a mía voz'' (1972) *''O tiempo y os días'' (1996) *''E zaga o mar o desierto'' (2002) *''Luna que no ye luna / luna que no es luna'' (2014)

Stories

*''O rafe d'o espiello'' (1997) *''De ordo sacerdotalis'' (2004)

Novels

*''O bolito d'as sisellas'' (2000) *''Aguardando lo zierzo'' (2002)

References

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