Francisca Aguirre
Francisca Aguirre Benito (27 October 1930 – 13 April 2019)[1] was a Spanish poet and author. Her first poetry collection, Ithaca, published in 1972, won her the Leopoldo Panero Poetry Award.[2] In 2011, she won the National Poetry Prize for her poetry piece Historia de una anatomía.[3] Aguirre also won the National Prize for Spanish Literature in November 2018.[4]
Francisca Aguirre | |
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Aguirre in March 2019 | |
Born | Alicante, Spain | 27 October 1930
Died | 13 April 2019 88) Madrid, Spain | (aged
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | Poet and writer |
Parent(s) | Lorenzo Aguirre |
Biography
Aguirre was born in Alicante, the daughter of noted painter Lorenzo Aguirre.[1] She was married to fellow poet Félix Grande from 1963 until his death in 2014. Aguirre and Grande had a daughter, poet and essayist Guadalupe Grande (born 1965).[5]
Aguirre died in Madrid on 13 April 2019, at the age of 88.[6]
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References
- "Francisca Aguirre". España es Cultura. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- "Francisca Aguirre". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- Rodríguez Marcos, Javier (17 November 2011). "La alicantina Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de Poesía". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- Lucas, Antonio (13 November 2018). "Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de las Letras 2018". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- Rodríguez Marcos, Javier (30 January 2014). "Adiós a Félix Grande: Caeré diciendo que era buena la vida". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- Rico, Manuel (14 April 2019). "Muere a los 88 años Francisca Aguirre, poeta de la desolación y la lucidez". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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