Francesca Gargallo

{{Short description|Italian-Mexican writer and philosopher (1956–2022)}} {{Infobox person | name = Francesca Gargallo | image = Francesa Gargallo en 2012 - Foto GHT 01.jpg | alt = | caption = Gargallo in 2012 | birth_name = Francesca Gargallo di Castel Lentini Celentani | birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|11|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Syracuse, Sicily, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|3|3|1956|11|25|df=y}} | death_place = | alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Mexico | occupation = Writer and poet }}

'''Francesca Gargallo''' (25 November 1956 – 3 March 2022) was a Sicilian-born Mexican writer and poet.

==Life and career== Born in Syracuse, Italy as '''Francesca Gargallo di Castel Lentini Celentani''', she studied philosophy at the Università degli studi di Roma and then at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). A naturalized Mexican citizen, she lived in the country since 1979. She wrote many poetry books and novels such as; ''Calla mi amor que vivo'', ''Estar en el mundo'', ''La decisión del capitán'', ''Marcha seca'' among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.redescritoresespa.com/F/francescagargallo.htm|title=Red mundial de escritores en Español - Francesca Ggargallo}}</ref> Gargallo published work in magazines such as ''Proceso''. Gargallo died of cancer on 3 March 2022, aged 65.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2022/03/03/cultura/fallece-francesca-gargallo-escritora-activista-y-docente-de-la-unam/|title=La Jornada - Fallece Francesca Gargallo, escritora, activista y docente de la UNAM|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peninsula360press.com/en_us/francesca-gargallo-feminist-latin-american-feminist-legacy/|title=Francesca Gargallo, Latin American Feminist Legacy|date=March 3, 2022}}</ref>

==Selected works== * ''Al paso de los días'', Editorial Terracota, Ciudad de México, 2013 * ''Marcha seca'', Ediciones Era, México, 1999, 76 pp. {{ISBN|9684114540}} * ''La decisión del capitán'', Ediciones Era, México, 1997, 181 pp. {{ISBN|9684114133}}. * ''Los pescadores del Kukulkán'', Aldus, México, 1995, 67 pp. {{ISBN|9686830413}}. * ''Estar en el mundo'', Ediciones Era, México, 1994, 135 pp. {{ISBN|9684113579}}. * ''Calla mi amor que vivo'', Ediciones Era, México, 1990, 147 pp. {{ISBN|9684113277}}. * ''Días sin Casura'', Leega Literaria, México, 1986, 90 pp. {{ISBN|9684950357}}. * ''Días sin Casura'', edición digital de Ars Longa, México, 2011, ISBN digital: 6326

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