On February 24th, she turns 184 and yet Rosalía de Castro, unlike any other writer of her time, is more alive in Galician society than ever.

Her popularity continues to grow. In the academy or on the street, at school or in institutions, her great literary and intellectual profiles do not cease to be updated or to be current.

Emblem and reference: Why?

She is credited with publishing the first large-scale printed book written entirely in Galician. With Cantares gallegos (1863), Rosalía marks the turning point for the rise of the so-called Rexurdimento, a key process in the literary, but also social and political. Thus, she raised the flag of dignity for Galicia, for her people and for her culture, and especially for her language.

But Rosalía's image evolved over time, both academically and in her social projection: from late romantic to pioneer, from saint to rebel and rebellious. Also, the knowledge and interpretation of her biography was liberated and she continues to free herself from the slab of prejudices that accompany every woman, every woman writer and every woman writer in Galician. Nothing illustrates it better than the revision of her image in the key of Andy Warhol, made by the clothing brand Rei Zentolo, which has made her a true icon of contemporary Galicia.

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