This 50page poem is a major contemporary Spanish poets reworking of the Greekmyth of Odysseus but with one important alteration This time the story istold from ... » 

This 50page poem is a major contemporary Spanish poets reworking of the Greekmyth of Odysseus but with one important alteration This time the story istold from Penelopes perspective. Upon its original Spanish publicationIthaca earned the 1971 Leopoldo Panero poetry award.Francisca Aguirre was born in Alicante Spain in 1930. She began publishinglate in life garnering many awards including the prestigious Esquio Award.She lives in Spain with poet Felix Grande a member of the second generation ofpostcivil war poets.Translator Ana Osan was born in Morocco. She holds a Ph.D. from the Universityof Chicago. She specializes in translating poetry by women particularly thetranslation of long poems such as Ithaca. She lives in Valparaiso IN. «