Francisca Aguirre

Francisca Aguirre
Aguirre in March 2019
Born(1930-10-27)27 October 1930
Alicante, Spain
Died13 April 2019(2019-04-13) (aged 88)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Poet and writer
ParentLorenzo 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

  1. ^ a b "Francisca Aguirre". España es Cultura. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Francisca Aguirre". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. ^ Rodríguez Marcos, Javier (17 November 2011). "La alicantina Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de Poesía". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ^ Lucas, Antonio (13 November 2018). "Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de las Letras 2018". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Mesanza, Julio Martínez (29 March 2002). "Carlos Martínez Aguirre, poesía y verdad". Nueva Revista (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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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