Francisca Aguirre

Francisca Aguirre was born in Alicante, Spain, in 1930. Her first poetry collection, Ithaca (Ediciones Cultura Hispánica, 1972), received Spain’s Leopoldo Panero Poetry Award. This collection was later published in the United States as Ithaca (BOA Editions, 2004), translated by Ana Valverde Osan. Aguirre has published several other poetry collections in Spain, including Historia de una anatomia (Ediciones Hiperión, 2010), winner of the 2011 Premio Nacional de Poesía, and Ensayo General: Poesía Completa, 1966–2000 (S. L. Calambur Editorial, 2000).

Aguirre has also received the María Isabel Fernández-Simal Award and the Esquío Award, among other honors. She lives in Madrid.