Biographical Chronology

1912
Celso Emilio Ferreiro nace o día 4 de xaneiro en Celanova (Ourense).

1912
Celso Emilio Ferreiro was born on January 4th in Celanova (Ourense).

1919-1929
He studies with Escolapios in San Salvador de Celanova monastery.

1932
He founds “Mocedades Galeguistas” of district of Celanova with his friend Xosé Velo.

1935
With Xosé Velo, he publishes the original project of the Cartafol de poesía, a collection of poems which was sent from Celanova to people who were interested in poetry.

1936
The civil governor designates him representative of Mocedades Galeguistas in the corporation of Frente Popular in Celanova, but Celso Emilio resigns the councilman´s certificate.

1937
He is called to join up with the youth of his age and is destined Asturias´ front. In September, he knows who will be his future wife, Maria Luisa Loredo Moraima, in Oviedo (Asturias).

1938
Celso Emilio is destined to Transmissions in Telefonica building in Oviedo.

1939
After the war, he returns to Celanova, where obtains the Bachelor’s degree. He teaches with Xosé Velo in his village, and he starts to study Law and Teaching on his own.

1940
He goes in for a public examination, getting first a secretary position, and becoming later the Office of Prices justice chief, where he worked until 1950.

1941
He publishes his book of poems in Spanish Al aire de tu vuelo.

1943
He marries Moraima on July 15th.

1943-1946
He is the editor-in-chief in the magazine Finisterre, directed by Emilio Canda.

1944-1952
He collaborates intensely in Sonata Gallega, where he will coordinate the section of “Seleccións Literarias”.

1947
He publishes Bailadas, cantiagas e Donaires in Edicións Céltiga, a collection of poems “neopopularistas” with a preface by Bouza-Brey.

1948-1949
He participates in the radio emissions of BBC of London Galician Programme, which was coordinated by Francisco Fernández del Riego.

1949
He conducts, with Sabino Torres Ferrer, Emilio Álvarez Negreira and Manuel Cuña Novás, the collection Benito Soto of poetry, the first publishing company that would publish poems in Galicia during the postwar period.

1949-1950
In October 1949 he is qualified as Solicitor of the Courts, and in September 1950 goes to Vigo to practice this profession.

1951
He publishes Musa alemá, an anthology of 15 poems of German authors adapted by Celso Emilio and Antonio Blanco Freijeiro.

1954
He publishes the essay Curros Enríquez. Biografía in Editorial Moret.

1955
It comes out O soño sulagado. This year he also publishes Voz y voto in Gráficas Numen of Vigo.

1962
He publishes the work Longa noite de pedra, which definitely establishes him as a poet.

1964
In July he co-founds Unión do Pobo Galego.

1966
On the 15th of May, a farewell tribute to Celso Emilio is celebrated before setting off for Caracas. Once there, in the Hermandad Gallega Venezolana, he deals with the management, drafting and preparation of the biweekly newspaper Irmandade, with the direction and orientation of Film club of the society, with the direction and draft of the radio emission Sempre en Galicia and with the direction and orientation of Escola Castelao.

1967
He founds and presides Agrupación Nós.

1968
In July he receives an official communication of his expulsion of Hermandad, in a letter cosigned by the president and the secretary general. This year he publishes Viaxe ao país dos ananos and Cantigas de escarnio e maldecir, signed by his satirical heteronym Aristides Silveira.

1969
In March he gets the Venezuelan citizenship. He brings out Terra de ningures in the collection Val de Lemos, of Editorial Xistral, directed by Manuel María in Monforte.

1970
He assumes the position of proofreader in the Press Office of the President of Venezuela at that time, Rafael Caldera. He edits “13 poemas iracundos y una canción inesperada”, offprint of the magazine of Caracas Expediente, as advance of his work Antipoemas.

1971
He sends the spanish version of Antipoemas to IV International Award Poesía Álamo of Salamanca, and he wins it.

1972
When the winning work is printed, the publishers censor ten poems without the permission of the author. In response, Ferreiro publishes in Venezuela an offprint under the title “Poemas prohibidos. Diez poemas no incluídos en el libro Antipoemas por causas no imputables a la voluntad del autor” (Prohibited Poems. Ten poems not included in the book Antipoemas for reasons not attributable to the will of the author”). In addition, the same year he publishes the books A fronteira infinda and Autoescolha poética (1954-1972)

1973
At the beginning of this year he returns from Venezuela with destination Madrid. He publishes Os autentes, signed with the name Alexis Vainacova, Fóronse á puñeta, signed by Neskezas Cokhan Mordhe, and the book of burlesque epitaphs Cemiterio privado.

1974
From the beggining of July, he works in Ateneo Científico, Literario y Artístico of Madrid, where he occupies the charge of Director of the classroom of Galician culture in the Literature section.

1975
He publishes Onde o mundo se chama Celanova in a bilingual edition, as well as the work Al César enano, a compilation signed under the pseudonym Stow Kiwotto Lumen, wich includes twelve verses that the poet wrote between 1961 and the time of publication.

1976
He wins the Critics Prize of Galician Poetry for the work Onde o mundo se chama Celanova.

1977
He publishes Curros Enriquez: Obra poética completa and his book Antología bilingüe to Plaza y Janés of Barcelona. On the other hand, he is in the orbit of the Socialist Party of Galicia (PSG) and he postulates as a candidate of Candidatura Democrática Galega in the first general elections of 1977 to gain a seat of senator for Ourense.

1978
He makes public A taberna do Galo in Ediciós Castrelos.

1979
On the 30th of August, he dies at his home in Vigo and on the 1st of September he is buried in Celanova. Posthumously, O libro dos homenaxes is published, Ferreiro had given the original to his friend Alonso Montero Xesús eight days before his death.