What is Francisco Brines?
[[File:Brines.JPG|right|thumb|Francisco Brines]] '''Francisco Brines Bañó''' (22 January 1932 &ndash; 20 May 2021) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] poet.<ref>[http://www.cervantes.es/bibliotecas_documentacion_espanol/creadores/brines_francisco.htm Profile (in Spanish)]</ref> He was born in [[Oliva]], [[Valencian Community|Valencia region]]. He was thought to be one of the [[50s Generation]] of Spanish poets. His poetry collections include: ''Las brasas'' (1960), ''Palabras a la oscuridad'' (1966), ''Aún no'' (1971), ''Insistencias en Luzbel'' (1977), ''El otoño de las rosas'' (1986) and ''La última costa'' (1995). His collected poems ''Ensayo de una despedida'' were published in 1997. He won the [[Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas]] in 1999. Brines was elected to the [[Real Academia Española]] on 19 April 2001.<ref name=RAE>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.rae.es/academicos/francisco-brines |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426121233/http://www.rae.es/academicos/francisco-brines |title=Francisco Brines |publisher=Real Academia Española |date= |archive-date=26 April 2015}}</ref>In 2020, he was awarded the [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize]]. He taught [[Spanish literature]] at [[Oxford University]] and [[Cambridge University]]. Brines died of problems caused by [[hernia]] [[surgery]] at a hospital in [[Gandia]], Spain on 20 May 2021, aged 89.<ref>[https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/valencia/20210520/7470742/muere-poeta-francisco-brines-89-anos-edad-dias-hospitalizado.html Muere el poeta Francisco Brines a los 89 años de edad tras varios días hospitalizado] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brines, Francisco}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Spanish poets]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish academics]] [[Category:Spanish LGBT people]] [[Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners]] [[Category:Deaths from surgical complications]] [[Category:Deaths from hernia]] {{bio-stub}}