Ángela Figuera Aymerich

Ángela Figuera Aymerich (October 30, 1902 in Bilbao – April 2, 1984 in Madrid) was a Basque and Spanish poet and writer.

Early years Angela was born in Bilbao, Spain into a middle class family, but due to her mother's poor health, Figuera spent much of her childhood raising her eight younger siblings. She attended primary school and went on to secondary school as one of five girls among one hundred boys. Despite her father's resistance, she studied literature at University in Valladolid.

After her father's death in 1930, Figuera, her mother and the family moved from Bilbao to Madrid. Figuera went on to the University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy and humanities and then passed the official exams to earn a permanent teaching position as Professor of Language and Literature at the Institutes of Huelvaat.

In 1932, she married Julio Figuera (d.1994), who would be her lifelong companion. Sadly, in 1935 she gave birth to a child who died at birth when extracted with forceps. Their second child, Juan Ramón, was born in Madrid during the war.

With the end of hostilities, she found employment at the National Library of Madrid.

She has been remembered by author Jose Ramón Zabala as "a real hinge between Basque and Madrid cultural circles."

Selected works Here is some of her published work. More can be found online.

Mujer de barro, (1948) Soria pura (1949) Vencida por el ángel (1951) El grito inútil (1952) Los días duros (1953) Víspera de la vida (1953) Belleza cruel (1958) Toco la tierra. Letanías (1962) Obras completas (1986) Cuentos tontos para niños listos (1979) Canciones para todo el año (1984; posthumous)