Francisca Aguirre Explained

Birth Date:	1930 10, df=y
Birth Place:	Alicante, Spain
Death Place:	Madrid, Spain
Nationality:	Spanish
Occupation:	Poet and writer
Parents:	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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Francisca Aguirre. España es Cultura. 16 April 2019. 16 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416123607/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/francisca_aguirre.html. dead.
2. Web site: Francisca Aguirre. Academy of American Poets. 16 April 2019.
3. News: La alicantina Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de Poesía. El País. Madrid. es. Javier. Rodríguez Marcos. 17 November 2011. 16 April 2019.
4. News: Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de las Letras 2018. El Mundo. es. Antonio. Lucas. 13 November 2018. 16 April 2019.
5. News: Adiós a Félix Grande: Caeré diciendo que era buena la vida. El País. Madrid. es. Javier. Rodríguez Marcos. 30 January 2014. 16 April 2019.
6. Web site: Mesanza . Julio Martínez . Carlos Martínez Aguirre, poesía y verdad . Nueva Revista . 2 January 2022 . es . 29 March 2002.
7. News: Muere a los 88 años Francisca Aguirre, poeta de la desolación y la lucidez. El País. Madrid. es. Manuel. Rico. 14 April 2019. 16 April 2019.
8. News: MARCOS. JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ. 2011-11-17. La alicantina Francisca Aguirre, Premio Nacional de Poesía. es. El País. 2020-10-20. 1134-6582.
9. Web site: Cultura. elDiarioes. 2018-11-13. Francisca Aguirre recibe el Premio de las Letras Españolas. 2020-10-20. ElDiario.es. es.