Overview

• Bello’s ashes were interred on July 31 at the San Frichoso church in Paniceiros, attended by family, friends and neighbors.
• Hundreds of mourners descended on Oviedo’s Tanatorio Los Arenales for his July 30 funeral mass, with overflow parking reflecting his broad appeal.
• Culture Counselor Vanessa Gutiérrez joined leaders from the Instituto Cervantes and Academia de la Llingua in lauding his role as a champion of Asturian letters.
• A cofounder of several literary magazines, Bello won the Ramón Gómez de la Serna Prize and the Premio Nacional de Literatura Asturiana for “Hestoria Universal de Paniceiros.”
• His bilingual body of work and steadfast campaign for the official status of the Asturian language cemented his legacy as a cultural icon.