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Lorca's Romancero gitano (Gypsy Ballads) (1928) stands as his most renowned poetry collection, largely due to its successful fusion of traditional forms with modern innovations.
Pablo Neruda, a globally celebrated Chilean poet and Lorca's friend, published his book Residencia en la tierra (Residence on Earth) in three volumes. The third volume, Tercera residencia (Third Residence) (1947), resonates with The Diván at Tamarit through its mature and refined reflection on death and its focus on the Spanish Civil War.
Bodas de sangre (Blood Wedding) is among Lorca's most acclaimed plays. Premiering in 1933, it explores the impact of love and violence in a small Andalusian village, expertly balancing Lorca's dramatic poetry with an engaging storyline.
Salvador Dalí's autobiographical work, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí (1942), offers an entertaining glimpse into the artist's formative years and his relationship with Lorca.
W. B. Yeats’s poem “Sailing to Byzantium” from The Tower (1928) comes from a completely different cultural background but shares many thematic parallels with “Gacela of the Dark Death.” Similar to Lorca, Yeats crafts a distinctive world of imagery tied to youth and the Arabic tradition to contemplate death and the soul.
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