Rafael Pérez Estrada was a Spanish poet and artist.Pérez Estrada was born in Málaga, Spain on February 16, 1934 and died on May 22, 2000.
Before his death, Rafael Pérez Estrada was one of the leading figures of avant-garde poetry and narrative in Spain.
A several-time finalist for Spain’s Premio Nacional de Literatura, Estrada published over forty books in his lifetime.
Translations of Pérez Estrada have appeared in Harper’s Bazaar and Poetry Daily.
A book of selected poems Devoured by the Moon, was published by Hanging Loose Press in February 2004.
The statue Ave Quiromántica by José Seguiri, based on a drawing by Estrada, stands in Bolsa Street, Málaga.