WHO WAS HE?
Federico García Lorca is considered one of Spain's greatest poets and dramatists. One of his most successful poetry collections was The Gypsy Ballads.
SYNOPSIS:
Federico García Lorca was born June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, Spain. He went to Madrid in 1919 where he met Salvador Dali who would later design the scenery for a production of Lorca's play. Lorca's two most successful poetry collections were Canciones (Songs) and Romancero Gitano (The Gypsy Ballads). During the Spanish Civil war he was shot to death by supporters of General Francisco Franco.
PROFILE:
Poet, playwright. Born on June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, Spain. Considered one of Spain's greatest poets and dramatists, Lorca went to Madrid in 1919 where he entered the Residencia de Estudiantes, or residence of scholars. While at the residence, he met and befriended artist Salvador Dali around 1921. Dali would later design the scenery for the Barcelona production of Lorca's play Mariana Pineda (1927).
Lorca's two most successful poetry collections were Canciones (Songs), published in 1927, and Romancero gitano (the Gypsy Ballads), published in 1928. Romancero gitano was especially daring for the time with its exploration of sexual themes and made Lorca a celebrity in the literary world. In the 1930s, Lorca spent much of his time working on plays, including a folk drama trilogy Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) in 1933, Yerma in 1934, and La Casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) in 1936.
WORKS:
BOOKS:
Blood Wedding 
Bernarda Alba's house
The Prodigious Shoemaker
POEMS:
Gypsy romance 
Poet in New York
Crying for Ignacio Sanchez Mejía
DEATH:
In the early hours of August 18, 1936, Federico García Lorca was shot alongside an olive tree on the road that links the towns of Víznar and Alfacar. It was the end of a story full of political rivalries in the city where "the worst bourgeoisie in Spain" lived, as the poet said. It was also the beginning of another story full of silence, a time of closed pits on which stones were left, forgetfulness and shame.
About the before and after the execution, the researcher Gabriel Pozo provides new information in his book Lorca, the last walk (Almed publishing house), which will be distributed in a few days. If the Lorca investigators had had access to an important part of the testimonies that were useful for the reconstruction of what happened, one of the main actors, Ramón Ruiz Alonso, kept silent almost until his death, with the exception of some interviews with historians. Ruiz Alonso is, for most of the sources, responsible for the arrest and execution of the poet. A few days after Franco's death, he fled to the United States, but first explained the reason for his trip to his eldest daughter, actress Emma Penella.
The Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936 and Lorca found himself caught in the middle of the conflict. He was shot without trial by supporters of General Francisco Franco on August 19 or 20, 1936, in Granada.
Tree where federico garcia lorca was probably shot during the Spanish Civil War.
SOURCES:
- https://www.biography.com/people/federico-garc%C3%ADa-lorca-9386246
- https://www.google.com.co/search?q=federico+garcia+lorca+obras&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7-_bOyJzaAhWyt1kKHTX6AgkQ_AUICigB&biw=1821&bih=900
- https://www.google.com.co/search?q=federico+garcia+lorca+poemas&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit6PjXyJzaAhXMxFkKHVxjBHEQ_AUICigB&biw=1821&bih=900
- https://elpais.com/diario/2009/12/10/cultura/1260399601_850215.html
