Romances cortos de federico garcia lorca biography

Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (–)

For the statue, see Monument to Federico García Lorca. For the poems by Radnóti and Kavvadias, see Works related to Federico García Lorca §&#;Poetry.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Lorca.

However, the playwright is usually known, unusually, by his maternal surname Lorca.

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca^[a][b] (5 June – 19 August ) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.

García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements (such as symbolism, futurism, and surrealism) into Spanish literature.^[1]

He initially rose to fame with Romancero gitano (Gypsy Ballads, ), a book of poems depicting life in his native Andalusia.

His poetry incorporated t