Between 1950 and 1954, the group worked with Antonio Gala, Julio Mariscal, and Rafael Mir to create and direct the poetry magazine Archer.
In 1961, she received a Fulbright scholarship in the United States to teach Spanish literature at Bucknell University.
Fuertes' poetry has a colloquial tone, often dealing with everyday objects or events,[1] and universal issues such as love, pain, death, and loneliness.
Her works are known for containing metaphors and linguistic games, which give her poems a musicality and cadence close to spoken language.
[8] The influence of the postismo movement, which began in response to the Spanish Civil War, is shown in Fuertes' use of humour.
"[9] Critics have praised Fuertes for her "folksy and deliberately fresh orality", and for "open[ing] the poetic space" of post-war Spain to the concerns of women and the working class.