What is Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao?
[[File:Á Irmandade Galega Curros Enríquez de Rosario, no día da miña partida. Castelao, 1946.jpg|right|thumb|Castelao.]] {{Spanish name|Rodríguez|Castelao}} '''Alfonso Daniel {{Smallcaps|Rodríguez de Castelao}}''' ([[30 January]] [[1886]] – [[7 January]] [[1950]]), also known as '''Castelao''', was a [[Spain|Spanish]] writer on [[Galician language]] and one of the main symbols of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]. As a politician, [[caricaturist]], and writer, he is one of the leading figures of Galician culture and [[Galician people|identity]]. == (1886–1929) Early life == In 1886, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez de Castelao was born on [[30 January]] in [[Rianxo]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]]. Castelao spent his childhood and adolescence in [[Santa Rosa, Argentina|Santa Rosa de Toay]], [[Argentina]]. In 1900, the Castelao family returned to Rianxo. In 1908, he obtained his degree in Medicine from the [[University of Santiago de Compostela]]. The next year, he passed his [[doctorate]] in [[Madrid]], where he started to become known as a caricaturist, and settled down in Rianxo, joining the political movement [[Action Galicia]] (''Acción Gallega'' in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<!-- title is not Galician. in Galician it would be ''acción galega'', with one l. -->). As a caricaturist, Castelao focussed on the everyday in a humorous way, although after the cruelty and tragedy of the [[Spanish Civil War]], he turned to using his art to denounce the misery of [[Fascism]]. In 1916, he moved to Pontevedra, where he joined the [[Irmandades da Fala]] and participated in the ''Asembleia Nazonalista de Lugo'', signing an important national declaration. In 1920, he became editor of the magazine ''[[Nos]]'' and travelled through [[France]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Germany]]. In 1922, he wrote the novel ''Un Ollo de Vidro'' and in 1924 he joined the ''Seminario de Estudos Galegos'' and founded the ''Coral Polifonica de Pontevedra''. Two years later he published ''Cousas'', and in 1929 he travelled to [[Brittany]] to study