Galician literature has been developed both in Galician and Spanish.

The first written Galician literature was at the beginning of 13th century.

In the Middle Ages, Galego-português (or Portuguese-Galician) was a language of culture, poetry (troubadors) and religion throughout not only Galiza and Portugal but also Castile.

After the separation of Portuguese and Galician, Galician was considered provincial and was not widely used for literary or academic purposes.

It was with the Rexurdimento ("Rebirth"), in the mid 1800s that Galician was used again in literature, and then in politics.

Authors

Main Authors in Galician

• Alfonso X of Castile
• Rosalía de Castro
• Manuel Curros Enríquez
• Eduardo Pondal
• Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao
• E. Blanco Amor
• Vicente Risco
• Manuel Murguía
• Fermín Bouza Brei
• Carlos Casares
• Manuel Rivas
• Suso de Toro
• Padre Feijoo
• Celso Emilio Ferreiro
• Xosé Neira Vilas
• Padre Sarmiento
• Francisco Añón
• Florentino López Cuevillas
• Antonio Noriega Varela
• Marcial Valladares
• Gonzalo López Abente
• Valentín Lamas Carvajal
• Xohán Vicente Viqueira
• Xoán Manuel Pintos
• Antón Vilar Ponte
• Antonio López Ferreiro
• Manuel Antonio
• Luis Amado Carballo
• Manuel Leiras Pulpeiro
• Armando Cotarelo Valledor
• Antón Losada Diéguez
• Aquilino Iglesia Alvariño
• Ramón Otero Pedraio
• Luís Pimentel
• Álvaro Cunqueiro
• Fermín Bouza Brei
• Eduardo Blanco Amor
• Luís Seoane
• Rafael Dieste
• Xesús Ferro Couselo
• Ánxel Fole
• Manuel Murguía
• Dario Xoan Cabana
• Johan de Cangas
• Meendinho
• Martín Codax

Main Authors in Spanish

• Ramón del Valle-Inclán
• Camilo José Cela (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1989)
• Emilia Pardo Bazán
• Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
• Blanca Andreu