Francesca Gargallo Explained

Francesca Gargallo
Birth Name:	Francesca Gargallo di Castel Lentini Celentani
Birth Date:	25 November 1956
Birth Place:	Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Alma Mater:	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupation:	Writer and poet

Francesca Gargallo (25 November 1956 – 3 March 2022) was a Sicilian-born Mexican writer and poet.

Life and career

Born in Syracuse, Italy as Francesca Gargallo di Castel Lentini Celentani, she studied philosophy at the Università degli studi di Roma and then at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). A naturalized Mexican citizen, she lived in the country since 1979. She wrote many poetry books and novels such as; Calla mi amor que vivo, Estar en el mundo, La decisión del capitán, Marcha seca among others.^[1] Gargallo published work in magazines such as Proceso. Gargallo died of cancer on 3 March 2022, aged 65.^{[2] [3]}

Selected works

• Al paso de los días, Editorial Terracota, Ciudad de México, 2013
• Marcha seca, Ediciones Era, México, 1999, 76 pp.
• La decisión del capitán, Ediciones Era, México, 1997, 181 pp. .
• Los pescadores del Kukulkán, Aldus, México, 1995, 67 pp. .
• Estar en el mundo, Ediciones Era, México, 1994, 135 pp. .
• Calla mi amor que vivo, Ediciones Era, México, 1990, 147 pp. .
• Días sin Casura, Leega Literaria, México, 1986, 90 pp. .
• Días sin Casura, edición digital de Ars Longa, México, 2011, ISBN digital: 6326

Notes and References

1. Web site: Red mundial de escritores en Español - Francesca Ggargallo.
2. Web site: La Jornada - Fallece Francesca Gargallo, escritora, activista y docente de la UNAM. www.jornada.com.mx.
3. Web site: Francesca Gargallo, Latin American Feminist Legacy. March 3, 2022.