Francisca Aguirre
Francisca Aguirre | |
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![]() Aguirre in March 2019 | |
Born | Alicante, Spain | 27 October 1930
Died | 13 April 2019 Madrid, Spain | (aged 88)
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | Poet and writer |
Parent(s) | 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 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 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]
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 Prize , 2011.[7]
- Favorite Daughter of Alicante in 2012.
- National Prize for Spanish Letters , 2018.[8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ 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 (2011-11-17). "La alicantina Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de Poesía". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ^ Cultura, elDiarioes (2018-11-13). "Francisca Aguirre recibe el Premio de las Letras Españolas". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-20.
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2019 deaths
- 20th-century Spanish poets
- 21st-century Spanish poets
- 20th-century Spanish women writers
- 21st-century Spanish women writers
- People from Alicante
- Spanish women poets
- Writers from the Valencian Community
- Spanish poet stubs