Dida Aguirre García

Dida Aguirre García (Huancavelica, 1952) is the author of three books of poetry in Quechua and Spanish: Arcilla (1989), Jarawi (1999, National Prize for Poetry in Quechua, Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal, 1999), and Qaparikuy (2012). Her work appears in the anthologies Poesía Peruana: Siglo XX (Vol. II, PETROPERÚ, 1999) and Poetas peruanas de antología (2009). She has taken part in international poetry festivals in Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, and México. The book Pichka harawikuna: Five Quechua Poets (1998) includes her poems in translation to English.