Compostela poet and activist Luz Fandiño died at the age of 92 this Sunday, the second confirming the mayor of Santiago de Compostela, Goretti Sanmartín, through social networks. In the neighborhood of Sar in 1931, Fandiño first emigrated to Argentina and then to France before returning to Santiago de Compostela in the late 1970s, where she settled permanently.
Obituary
Obituary Luz Fandiño
With Light in the meadows of Compostela
In Luz Fandiño’s hope it was always that the boas would win, that we would gain more, that we would enchoupásemos the world of joy, it gives happiness that it supposes the defense of two more rights, facing the privileges of some few.
In addition to her outstanding work as a writer, especially in the field of poetry, Luz Fandiño actively participated in the social movements of the Galician capital throughout her life. Her career was the subject of a documentary titled “A Poet Illiterate”, directed by Sonia Méndez and released in 2020. Likewise, for two years, Santiago has organized a literary contest in her honor called ‘Poetic Light’. “Goretti Sanmartín shared his profile of ‘X’: ‘I had a very sad day in Compostela and Galiza. The council will appoint someone who lived and loved us with so much enthusiasm. Que a terra che sexa leve, dear Luz!’”
