Abstract
Last September 23th, a main specialist on Rosalia de Castro's biography died in Vigo: the secondary school teacher Victoria Alvarez Ruiz de Ojeda. Only 57 years old, she was a rigorous researcher who valued objective documentation and contrasted information. Discreet, away from Galician cultural circles, many people knew her work but few ones knew the person. For thirty years she made important contributions about Rosalia's family, about her correspondance and literary friendships. In addition to this, she released other relevant documents and a book that contains a collection of comedies represented at the Liceo de la Juventud in Compostela, by this key figure of the Galician Rexurdimento. As a researcher, she carried out studies on Eduardo Blanco Amor, Manuel Curros Enriquez, Valentin Lamas Carvajal, Manuel Murguia and different figures of Galician literature. The scholar born in Vigo leaves a lot of unpublished works behind. Before dying, she expressed the wish that her valuable library about Rosalia de Castro library is kept in the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Highlights
Last September 23th, a main specialist on Rosalía de Castro's biography died in Vigo: the secondary school teacher Victoria Álvarez Ruiz de Ojeda
Madrygal 21 (2018): 355-379 a collection of comedies represented at the Liceo de la Juventud in Compostela, by this key figure of the Gali cian Rexurdimento
She carried out stu dies on Eduardo Blanco Amor, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Valentín Lamas Carvajal, Manuel Murguía and different figures of Galician literature
Summary
Confiamos en que Victoria Álvarez Ruiz de Ojeda pase á historia da literatura como o que foi, unha das máis esforzadas e importantes biógrafas de Rosalía de Castro. En primeiro lugar pola súa data, 20 de agosto de 1923, a penas dous meses antes de que Bouza-Brey, Filgueira Valverde, Tobío e outros emprenderan a famosa excursión ó Castro de Ortoño que serviu como acto fundacional do Seminario de Estudos Galegos (...). A profesora Álvarez Ruiz de Ojeda foi unha digna seguidora da xeira iniciada por Bouza Brey na investigación de arquivos e fontes para desvelar os misterios que rodearon a biografía rosaliana. Nin Fermín Bouza Brey nin Victoria Álvarez Ruíz de Ojeda chegaron a publicar unha bio grafía de Rosalía. Eu creo que para escribir unha biografía fan falta dúas cousas, que son documentos e pluma. Tentaremos demostrar que a profesora falecida reunía os tres requisitos que ela mesma sinala
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