Poetry · 1904–1969
Poetry
Emeterio Gutiérrez Albelo was a poet and teacher born in Icod de los Vinos. Educated in La Laguna, he became linked to the islands' literary avant-garde through works such as Campanario de la primavera, Romanticismo y cuenta nueva and Enigma del invitado.
Emeterio Gutiérrez Albelo was born in Icod de los Vinos in 1904. He died in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 6 August 1969. He was a poet, educated in secondary studies and teacher training in La Laguna, and worked as a teacher throughout his life.
His first published book was Campanario de la primavera (1930), written in Vilaflor. He later published Romanticismo y cuenta nueva (1933) and Enigma del invitado (1936), both issued by the Tenerife avant-garde journal Gaceta de Arte.
The exact day of birth is not fixed because the consulted sources differ: some give 17 August and others 20 August. The year 1904, his education, teaching and principal works define the documented biographical frame.
