Royal Galician Academy

The Royal Galician Academy (Galician: Real Academia Galega, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language. The Academy is based in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The incumbent president, since 2017, is Víctor Fernández Freixanes.[1]

Royal Galician Academy
Real Academia Galega
AbbreviationRAG
FormationAugust 30, 1906 (1906-08-30)
HeadquartersA Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Region served
Galicia
Official language
Galician
President
Víctor Fernández Freixanes
Budget
€700,000
Staff
28
Websitewww.academia.gal

History

The Sociedade Protectora da Academia Gallega was founded in La Habana, Cuba in 1905. The following year, thanks to the efforts of writers Manuel Curros Enríquez and Xosé Fontenla Leal, on 30 September 1906, it was reestablished as the Real Academia Galega, with Manuel Murguía as its first president.

In 1972 the Academy standardized the design of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia. Some years later, the Academy persuaded the Galician government to commemorate the old coat of arms by superimposing it on the existing civil flag; the resulting flag is used today. Its terminological branch is Termigal.

Current members
  • Víctor Fernández Freixanes
  • Margarita Ledo Andión
  • Fina Casalderrey
  • Marilar Aleixandre
  • Xosé Henrique Monteagudo Romero
  • Xesús Alonso Montero
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco
  • Xosé Luís Axeitos Agrelo
  • Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo
  • Francisco Díaz-Fierros Viqueira
  • Francisco Fernández Rei
  • Xesús Ferro Ruibal
  • Salvador García-Bodaño Zunzunegui
  • Manuel González González
  • Bernardino Graña Villar
  • María López Sández[2]
  • Ramón Lorenzo Vázquez
  • Chus Pato
  • Xosé Luís Regueira Fernández
  • Manuel Rivas
  • Euloxio Rodríguez Ruibal
  • Ana Romaní
  • Pegerto Saavedra Fernández
  • Anton Luís Santamarina Fernández
  • Andrés Torres Queiruga
  • Ramón Villares Paz

References
  1. (in Galician). "Académicos e académicas". Real Academia Galega. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. (in Galician). "María López Sández ingresa na RAG: “A literatura serve para sandar a ferida da perda da vivencia da natureza”." 11 March 2023. Real Academia Galega. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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