Federico García Lorca
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Poetry, Poets, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Gay Men, Lesbians, Sexuality, Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Spanish/Portuguese History
Article abstract: García Lorca is celebrated as a poet and dramatist who was able to weave traditional and folk elements of Spanish literature and culture into highly imaginative and original works. His poems and dramas are replete with startling metaphors and images that are both personal and universal in their focus on life and death, sexual identity, and the conflicts of fantasy and reality.
Early Life
Federico García Lorca was born in rural Andalusia near the city of Granada. His father, Don Federico García, was a wealthy landowner. His mother,...
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