Memoirs of a Peasant Boy

1961 novel by Xosé Neira Vilas

Memoirs of a Peasant Boy

Author| Xosé Neira Vilas
Original title| Memorias dun neno labrego
Translator| Camilo Ogando
Illustrator| Isaac Díaz Pardo
Cover artist| Luís Seoane (first edition)
Isaac Díaz Pardo
Language| Galician language
Genre| Novel
Publisher| Editorial Follas Novas
Ediciós do Castro

Publication date

| 1961
Publication place| Galicia

Published in English

| 2007
Media type| Print

Memoirs of a Peasant Boy (Galician: Memorias dun neno labrego) is a social and historical novel by Galician writer Xosé Neira Vilas published in Argentina on January 5, 1961. It is a book on the Galician field seen by the eyes of a child, and is the most read work of galician-language literature,[1] with more than 600,000 copies sold by 2015.[2] It is dedicated to all boys and all girls who speak Galician.

## References

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1. ^ "Falece o escritor Xosé Neira Vilas". Praza Pública (in Galician). 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
2. ^ X. F. (22 July 2015). ""Memorias dun neno labrego" chega á súa edición número 35". La Voz de Galicia (in Galician). Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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