Alberto Casañal Shakery

Alberto Casañal Shakery (1875–1943) was a Spanish poet, playwright, humorist and writer.

A native of San Roque, Cádiz, he moved to Zaragoza as a child and lived there for the rest of his life. He graduated in Physics and Chemistry and was Professor of Mathematics at the Industrial School of Zaragoza. He began to compose verses in great abundance, particularly romances, and collected traditional Aragonese and Castilian songs and wrote numerous stories and short pieces of comic theater. His works were usually set in Aragon with strong regionalist flavor, sometimes in collaboration with his friend Pablo Parellada. He collaborated on the La Gran Vía, Barcelona Cómica, Pluma y Lápiz and other publications.

Selected works

Theatre La tronada Angelistos al cielo Los tenderos La hora fatal Los chicos de los pobres La paga de alivio Los pícaros estudiantes Con Pablo Parellada, Historia cómica de Zaragoza, La justicia de Almudévar Recepción académica, Cambio de tren y El gay saber

Verses Fruslerías, versos, 1898 Romances de ciego, 1910 Versos de muchos colores, 1912 Jotas, en colaboración con Sixto Celorrio, 1912 Cantares baturros Fruta de Aragón. Versos Baturros Romance, Vida y Retrato De Ramón Laborda (El Chato)

Narrative Cuentos baturros, 1898, 1900 Mostilladas, cuentos Una boda entre baturros, novela festiva en verso

Others Baturradas Más baturradas, 1903 Nuevas baturradas. Monólogos y diálogos baturros Epistolarlo baturro Nuevo libro de los Enxemplos De Utebo a Zaragoza Gramática parda y otras picardías