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Ítaca

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En el verso aislado y final de Ítaca, por decirlo de un modo coloquial, se ponen las cartas sobre la mesa y se apuesta por la vida: “Francisca Aguirre, acompáñate”. Una promesa de futuro vivida desde la sabiduría de lo cotidiano, desde la reconstrucción íntima de una Penélope doliente a otra que aprende a asentir, desde lo intuitivo, a los valores propios, siquiera los nacidos de su propio telar o pluma, como es el caso.

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2004

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Francisca Aguirre

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was born in Alicante, Spain in 1930. Her family was forced to flee to France at the end of the Civil War because they sided with the Republic. In 1942, as a result of the German invasion, her family returned to Spain where her father, painter Lorenzo Aguirre, was murdered by the Franco regime. Francisco Aguirre began publishing late in life, garnering many awards, including the prestigious Esquio Award. She lives in Spain with poet Felix Grande, a member of the second generation of post-civil war poets.

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November 10, 2020
Because we do not own anything,
not even the vague shadow of the future
that perverted our dutiful childhood.
Because we are not the owners of anything,
not even of our own pain
at which we have looked with awe so many times.
Because, without a doubt, to have is not ours,
but what is ours is to dream desperately
that we have everything at our fingertips,
of this stubborn hand that names us
with greater harshness than a surname.

We are the owners of wishing everything: what sadness.
We are the owners of fear, dust, smoke, the wind.
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Author 8 books17 followers
April 24, 2019
los poemas de Francisca Aguirre son algo pequeño pero inconmensurable. no sé cómo hablar o escribir de ellos sin recurrir al lugar común de la poesía que te acompaña, que te nutre y te ayuda a reposar la cabeza entre las manos tras un largo día desprovisto de brillo. la poesía de Francisca Aguirre le da brillo a la vida porque reconoce al polvo, y al cansancio, y a los descosidos como compañeros íntimos. va más allá de dicotomías de luz-oscuridad: se asienta en la penumbra y en el resol. me callo ya porque me siento pedante y lo último que se merecen los poemas de Francisca Aguirre es la pedantería; leámosla mucho.
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Author 36 books102 followers
June 9, 2017
«Grité en aquellas ruinas / para mostrar las mías.»
Magnífica edición del primer libro de Francisca Aguirre con un interesante prólogo de Marta Agudo y una deliciosa entrevista con la autora a cargo de Isabel Navarro.
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