Francisco Onieva


Francisco Onieva Ramírez is a Spanish poet and writer.

Life and career

With family ties to Villanueva del Duque, a town in northern Córdoba, he lives in Pozoblanco, where he acts in children's films at the IES Antonio María Calero high school. To date, he has published four books of poetry: Los lugares públicos, which was a finalist for the Andalucía Joven prize in 2000 and 2001; Perímetro de la tarde, which received an honorable mention in the prestigious Adonáis Prize in 2006; Las ventanas de invierno, which won the 21st Cáceres World Heritage Poetry Prize; and Vértices, which won the 26th Jaime Gil de Biedma International Poetry Prize.
He is also the coordinator of the collective works Palabra compartida, Divergentes, and Un aplauso interior, the result of a unique initiative to support healthcare workers in the form of haikus during the most difficult months of the COVID-19 pandemic. His work has been included in various anthologies, among them Los círculos del aire, Terreno fértil, and Con&versos. As a fiction writer, he has published two books of short stories: Los que miran el frío and El extraño escritor. In addition to his creative work, he has published numerous studies on Cervantes, Bécquer, Unamuno, Alberti, Aleixandre, Cernuda, Borges, the Duke of Rivas, Teresa of Ávila, Onetti and others. Since 2016, he has been a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Fine art and Letters of Córdoba. He is a contributor to the supplement Cuadernos del Sur de Diario Córdoba.

Publications

Poems

Los lugares públicos Perímetro de la tarde Las ventanas de invierno
  • ''Vértices''

Fiction

Los que miran el frío
  • ''El extraño escritor y otras devastaciones''

Inclusion in anthologies

Los círculos del aire de Francisco Gálvez Antología del beso, poesía última española, de Julio César Jiménez Terreno Fértil, de Antonio Barquero y Eduardo Chivite Con&versos de Antonio Moreno Ayora

Awards and nominations

  • Premio Comarcal de Poesía Hilario Ángel Calero
  • Runner-up for the Adonáis Prize
  • 21st Cáceres World Heritage Poetry Prize
  • XVIII Andalusia Critics' Prize for First Opera
  • XXVI Jaime Gil de Biedma Poetry Prize