Emeterio Arrese

Emeterio Arrese
Native name	Emeterio Arrese Bauduer
Born	1869 Tolosa, Guipuzcoa, Spain
Died	1954 Tolosa, Guipuzcoa, Spain
Occupation	Writer, Poet
Language	Spanish, Basque
Nationality	Spanish

Emeterio Arrese, or Emeterio Arrese Bauduer (1869–1954) was a Spanish lyrical and post-romantic poet and writer in the Basque language. He studied at the Piarists of Tolosa. Arrese eventually utilized his writing as propaganda for Basque pelota, building frontons.

Arrese spent much of his career abroad working as a contractor, primarily in Havana and St. Louis, Missouri. He also crossed the Atlantic Ocean forty-four times. Pedro María Otaño (1857–1910), the extraordinary bertsolari, became fond of Euskera and the poetry of Arrese. The adventurous life of Arrese made him a fortune several times over, which he would only squander later in life.

Biography

Arrese's poetry is traditional in nature and post-romantic. His writing is similar to bertsolarism. Arrese writes on topics typical to the genre. These include topics like the passage of time, stability or balance, life, and love for the country.

Emeterio Arrese passed the witness of post-romantic poetry to Xabier de Lizardi, and he, at least in specific periods, even surpassed the threshold of this current. Arrese and Lizardi were good friends who deeply respected each other. In his last years, Arrese professed a special affection for Lizardi's work.

Bibliography

• Nere bidean, Tolosa, 1913
• Txindor, San Sebastián, 1928
• Olerki-Berrizte, Zarauz, 1952

Many of his poems were written in America. He wrote the lyrics for the opera of his friend, the Toulouse musician Eduardo Mocoroa, entitled Sentierak, which premiered in Pamplona in 1900. These poems were later recast with Leidor.

Likewise, his are the lyrics of Aiton baten eriotza ("Euskeltzale", June 1898, and in "Euskalerria" 1900). Zara, opera with music by E. Mocoroa, awarded for "Euskalerriaren Alde" in 1911 and published in 1913, together with the poem Nere bidean.

Poetry

• Nere bidean, 1913, E. López.
• Txindor, 1928, Leizaola.
• Olerki Berrizte,1952, Itxaropena.
• Aiton baten eriotza(bakarrizketa bertsotan), 1898, Euskalzale.
• Sentierak, 1900
• Zara, 1913, E. Lopez.