Elías Candel Espinoza (Guayaquil, 1896 – 1983) was an Ecuadorian journalist, poet, and coplero, known by his pen name Adel Celinas. By the 1930s, his coplas were appearing in El Universo newspaper, alongside the caricatures of Virgilio Jaime Salinas and the column Los Jueves Alegres by José Antonio Campos Maingon. Over the decades, he continued writing for the paper, producing poems and verses, including a notable tribute to tennis legend Pancho Segura in the 1950s. His poem La gran fecha was later included in the anthology Cantos a Guayaquil (2011).
References
- Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel, “El Creador De Juan Pueblo Virgilio Jaime Salinas.” Retrieved on October 19, 2024. Click to view.
- Universidad de Guayaquil Catalog, “Cantos a Guayaquil.” Retrieved on October 19, 2024. Click to view.
- PressReader, “El Universo.” Retrieved on October 19, 2024. Click to view.
