Carlos Martínez Aguirre (born 1974, in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

) is a Spanish poet and classical scholar. He holds a degree in

Classical Philology Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

. He has been a Spanish teacher in the Cervantes Institute of Athens and a research student at the Institute of Byzantine Studies in the same city.Brief biography
@ El País. He was nominated for the Hyperion Prize for Poetry in 1997. He is best known for his poems ''La camarera del cine Doré y otros poemas'' (1997), ''El peregrino'' (2014), ''El significado de las lágrimas'' (2020) and his autobiographical essay about the didactics of Classical Languages ''A Strange Odyssey. Confessions of a Classicist'' (2013).Published works
@ National Library of Spain.Book review
@ The Patrologist. In the field of education, he has excelled in advocating for the didactic revitalization of classical language instruction, particularly through the implementation of natural and active teaching methodologies, most notably the approach pioneered by Professor

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. He is the son of writer

Antonio Martínez Menchén Antonio Martínez Menchén (1930 – 7 January 2022) was a Spanish writer. He is best known for his work in children's literature. He began his career under editor Carlos Barral with the publications of ''Cinco Variaciones'' (1963) and ''Las Tap ...

, grandson of painter Lorenzo Aguirre, nephew of poet Francisca Aguirre and writer

Andrés Sorel Andrés Martínez López (1937, in Segovia - 7 January 2019 in Madrid), known by his pseudonym Andrés Sorel, was a Spanish writer, who founded the daily newspaper ''Liberación''. From 1962 to 1971, he served as a correspondent for Radio Españ ...

, and a cousin of poet Guadalupe Grande.

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