Francisca Aguirre | |
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Born |
Alicante, Spain | 27 October 1930
Died | 13 April 2019
Madrid, Spain | (aged 88)
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]
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]
Francisca Aguirre | |
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Born |
Alicante, Spain | 27 October 1930
Died | 13 April 2019
Madrid, Spain | (aged 88)
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]
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]