Ánchel Conte

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Conte and the second or maternal family name is Cazcarro.
Ánchel Conte
Conte in 2012
Born
Ánchel Conte Cazcarro

(1942-10-15)15 October 1942
Alcolea de Cinca, Spain
Died23 November 2023(2023-11-23) (aged 81)
Almería, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Poet
Historian
Political partyPCE

Ánchel Conte Cazcarro (15 October 1942 – 23 November 2023) was a Spanish poet and historian of the Aragonese language.[1]

Biography

Born in Alcolea de Cinca on 15 October 1942, Conte held a doctorate in history and taught secondary school until his retirement in 2003. Active during the Francoist regime, he joined the Communist Party of Spain in Teruel. 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 and co-founded the folkloric group Viello Sobrarbe.

Ánchel Conte died in Almería on 22 November 2023, at the age of 81.[2]

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

  1. ^ "Muere Ánchel Conte, escritor, historiador y defensor del aragonés". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Fallece el escritor Ánchel Conte". Corporación Aragonesa de Radio y Televisión (in Spanish). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.