Mirta Aguirre

Mirta Aguirre Carreras (18 October 1912 – 8 August 1980) was a Cuban poet, novelist, journalist. She has been called "the most important female academic and woman of letters in post-revolutionary Cuba".

Life Aguirre joined the Cuban Communist Party in 1932. She was a contributor to Juan Ramón Jiménez's 1936 anthology of Cuban poetry. Her poetry was influenced by the criollismo of Nicolás Guillen and García Lorca's idea of the 'Romancero gitano', which Aguirre adapted to tell stories of revolutionary achievement.

Works Presencia interior [Interior Presence], 1938 Influencia de la mujer en Iberoamerica [The Influence of Women In Latin America], 1948. Winner of the Iboamerican Floral Games. Juegos y otros poema, [Games and other poems], 1974 "Juegos y otros Poemas," 1974 "La Obra Narrativa de Cervantes," 1971, 1978 Ayer de hoy [Yesterday of Today], 1980