Xe M. Sánchez was born in 1970 in Grau (Asturias, Spain). He received his PhD in History from the University of Oviedo in 2016, he is anthropologist, and he also studied Tourism and has three masters (History / Protocol / Philately and Numismatic). He has published in the Asturian language, including Escorzobeyos (2002), Les fueyes tresmanaes d’Enol Xivares (2003), Toponimia de la parroquia de Sobrefoz Ponga (2006), Llue, esi mundu paralelu (2007), Les Erbíes del Diañu (E-book: 2013, Paperback: 2015), Cróniques de la Gandaya (E-book, 2013), El Cuadernu Prietu (2015), and has several publications in journals and reviews in Asturias, USA, Portugal, France, Sweden, Scotland, Australia, South Africa, India, Italy, England, Canada, and Reunion Island.
Viaxes
con ciñu.
Shanghai
ye un topónimu
qu’arreciende a la maxa
de los viaxes d’anantes,
a los viaxes
de los braeros viaxeros,
a los viaxes
de los llibros de viaxes.
Güei ye un llugar
au puedes viaxar al futuru.
Trips
I remember Shanghai fondly.
Shanghai
is a place name
which smells of the magic
of old trips,
of the trips
of true travelers,
of the trips
of travel books.
Today is a place
where you can travel
to the future.