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Poetry Award. In 2011, she won the National Poetry Award for her poetry piece ''Historia de una anatomía''. Aguirre also won the

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in November 2018.

Biography

Aguirre was born in

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, the daughter of noted painter

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. She was married to fellow poet

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from 1963 until his death in 2014. Aguirre and Grande had a daughter, poet and essayist Guadalupe Grande (born 1965). She was an aunt of poet Carlos Martínez Aguirre. Aguirre died in

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on 13 April 2019, at the age of 88.

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. * Favorite Daughter of Alicante in 2012. * National Prize for Spanish Letters , 2018.

References

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