María Xesús Pato Díaz (born 29 August 1955 in Ourense, Galicia), most commonly known as Chus Pato, is a Galician writer.
She became a member of the Royal Galician Academy in 2016.
Bibliography Galician language Urania. Ourense: Calpurnia (1991) Heloísa. A Coruña: Espiral Maior (1994) Fascinio. Muros: Toxosoutos (1995) A ponte das poldras. Santiago de Compostela: Noitarenga (1996). 2nd ed., Vigo: Galaxia (2006) Nínive. Vigo: Xerais (1996) m-Talá. Vigo: Xerais (2000) Charenton. Vigo: Xerais (2004) Hordas de escritura. Vigo: Xerais (2008) Secesión. Vigo: Galaxia (2009). Nacer é unha república de árbores. Pontevedra: Do Cumio (2010) Carne de Leviatán. Vigo: Galaxia (2013). Un libre favor. Vigo: Galaxia (2019). Sonora. Vigo: Xerais (2023).
English translations From M-Talá. Vancouver: Nomados (2002) Charenton. Exeter: Shearsman Books (2007) m-Talá. Exeter: Shearsman Books (2009) Hordes of Writing, Exeter: Shearsman Books (2011) Secession, (a dual publication with Erín Moure's Insecession), Toronto: BookThug (2014). Flesh of Leviatan, Omnidawn Publishing (2016). The Face of the Quarzes, Veliz Books (2021). Sonora, Veliz Books (2026).
Dutch translations Finisterra. Uitgeverij Perdu, 2017.
Portuguese translations Carne de Leviatã. Lisboa: Douda Correria, 2016. Um fémur de voz corre a galope [antologia]. Porto: Officium Lectionis, 2022. Chus Pato Um fémur de voz corre a galope
Bulgarian translations Leviatan i drugi istorii. Small Stations, 2016.
French translations Chair de Léviathan. Alger: Apic éditions, 2024.
Awards Premio Losada Diéguez in 1997 for Nínive. Spanish Critic Prize in 2009 for Hordas de escritura. Premio Losada Diéguez in 2009 for Hordas de escritura Author of the Year in 2014 from the Galician Booksellers' Association. National Poetry Award in 2024 for Sonora
References
External links Page in Shearsman Books Page in BookThug Books