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.