Ramón Villarino de Sáa, Jurist, Playwright and Deputy from Xinzo
Ramón Villarino de Sáa (Xinzo de Limia, 1890 – Ourense, 1959) was a State lawyer, writer, journalist, editor of El Diario de Orense and CEDA deputy for Ourense in 1936.
Ramón Villarino de Sáa was born in Xinzo de Limia in 1890 and died in Ourense on 27 March 1959. He was a jurist, writer, journalist and politician [1].
Life
He was chief editor of El Eco Antelano (1911-1912), the local weekly of the time. In 1912 he moved to Madrid to study law and, on finishing, gave lectures at the Ateneo. He returned to Ourense, where he worked as a State lawyer; he edited the newspaper «El Diario de Orense» (quote) and contributed to La Centuria and La Región. He was among the followers of Calvo Sotelo [1].
Under the Republic he joined the Provincial Committee of Acción Popular in Ourense and in the 1936 general elections was elected deputy for Ourense for the CEDA. After the Civil War he was lawyer to the diocese of Ourense [1].
Work
He wrote Égloga de amor (1911), La última merced (1915), El pájaro negro (1917; premiered in Ourense on 10 May 1917) and Piedras galaya (1918) [1].
The pazo of Chaioso
Married to Araceli Anta Novoa, they were the last owners of the pazo of Chaioso [1].
Links
- Parish: Xinzo de Limia
- People of A Limia
- Xinzo de Limia
- Antonio Nieto Oliva, chronicler of the local press
Sources
- «Ramón Villarino de Sáa», Galician Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); cites Barreiro and others, Parlamentarios de Galicia (2003), and Martínez Cerredelo, A prensa en Xinzo de Limia (2005). https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_Villarino_de_Sáa
- «ramon_villarino_de_saa». http://www.xinzodelimia.eu:80/ramon_villarino_de_saa.htm
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