Francisca Aguirre

Francisca Aguirre Benito (27 October 1930 – 13 April 2019) was a Spanish poet and author. Her first poetry collection, "Ithaca" (1972), won her the Leopoldo Panero Poetry Award. In 2011, she won the National Poetry Prize for her poetry piece "Historia de una anatomía". Aguirre also won the National Prize for Spanish Literature in November 2018.
Aguirre was born in Alicante. She was the daughter of noted painter Lorenzo Aguirre. She was married to fellow poet Félix Grande from 1963 until his death in 2014. The couple had one daughter, poet and essayist Guadalupe Grande (born 1965).
Aguirre died in Madrid on 13 April 2019. She was 88.