Francisca Aguirre | |
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 Aguirre in March 2019 | |
| Born | 27 October 1930
Alicante, Spain |
| Died | 13 April 2019 (aged 88)
Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Poet and writer |
| Parent | Lorenzo 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 Award for her poetry piece Historia de una anatomía. [3] Aguirre also won the National Prize for Spanish Literature in November 2018. [4]
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] She was an aunt of poet Carlos Martínez Aguirre. [6]
Aguirre died in Madrid on 13 April 2019, at the age of 88. [7]
Awards
- Leopoldo Panero Award, 1971
- City of Irún Award, 1976
- Galiana Award, 1994
- Esquío Award, 1995
- Prize Maria Isabel Fernandez Simal, 1998
- Valencian Critic Award for his entire work, 2001
- Alfons el Magnànim Award, 2007
- Poetry Prize "Real Sitio and Villa de Aranjuez", 2009
- Miguel Hernández International Award, 2010
- National Poetry Award, 2011. [8]
- Favorite Daughter of Alicante in 2012.
- National Prize for Spanish Letters , 2018. [9]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Mesanza, Julio Martínez (29 March 2002). "Carlos Martínez Aguirre, poesía y verdad". Nueva Revista (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ MARCOS, JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ (17 November 2011). "La alicantina Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de Poesía". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Cultura, elDiarioes (13 November 2018). "Francisca Aguirre recibe el Premio de las Letras Españolas". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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