domingo, 18 de enero de 2026

BOOKS OF THE WORLD| Alonso Quesada: Poet and Playwright From the Canary Islands

Hello, how are you? Welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands to the world.

Today I'm opening a book that isn't on any bookshelf: the one that is written with each page that transforms us. We travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And each story is a cultural compass.


Today I bring you a review of one of the most distinguished Canarian writers: Alonso Quesada, pseudonym of Rafael Romero Quesada, poet, narrator, journalist, and playwright.


Together with Tomás Morales and Saulo Torón, he formed a literary triumvirate known as the "Generation of Three."


He published his first writings in 1904 in the satirical youth magazine El Gran Galeoto, and continued in various local and national newspapers and magazines of the time, such as El Día, El Tribuno, España, La Pluma, La Mañana, La Publicidad, and Ecos.


He excelled, in literary terms, in both poetry and prose, employing existential bitterness and irony as key elements of his writing. Furthermore, his plays are notable for the tragedies of their characters.

If this story moved you, share it. If you think there's something that shouldn't be kept quiet, write to me. We'll talk in the next episode.



Patricia López Muñoz
Student of English Studies
Higher Technician in Sociocultural Animation
Specialist in Immigration
Higher Technician in Social Integration

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BOOKS OF THE WORLD| Alonso Quesada: Poet and Playwright From the Canary Islands

Hello, how are you? Welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands to the world. Today I'm opening a book that isn't on any booksh...