Angel Guimera y Jorge (Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, 1845 - Barcelona, 1924). Great poet and dramatic author, considered the father of Catalan theatre. His works inlcude...
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One outstanding figure was Antonio de Viana, born in La Laguna in the 16th century, with his famous poem Antiguedades de las Islas Afortunadas, an epic ode to the...
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Benito Cabrera is a popular composer and timple player (small 4-5 stringed guitar) from Tenerife. His efforts to revitalise and re-launch this traditional...
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Juan Carlos "Caco" Senante began his career as a singer and songwriter in 1975 but it was only in 1979 when he included Latin rhythms in his music that he became...
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Domingo Perez Minik (1903 - 1989). Born in Sta. Cruz de Tenerife and one of the most outstanding figures of literary criticism, he was awarded the National...
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Jose Viera y Clavijo (Realejo Alto, 1731 - Las Palmas, 1813) - centre pin of Canary Island illustration, with an excellent education in a whole variety of fields,...
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Mercedes Pinto (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1883 - Mexico D.F.1976). Novelist and poet: One of her novels, El, was made into a film by Luis Buñuel. She also wrote...
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The singer Pedro Guerra was born in 1966 in Güímar, a district in the south of Tenerife. His musical career started when he was a teenager, first in Tenerife,...
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Polo Ortí was born in Valencia but moved to Tenerife as a child and it was on the island that he started his musical training and developed his career as a jazz...
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Teobaldo Power y Lugo Viña (Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, 1848 - Madrid, 1884).From childhood he was a virtuoso piano player and composer. After some time in Europe and...
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