Federico Garca Lorca

Federico Garca Lorca was born in 1898, in Andalusia, Spain. A poet and dramatist, and also a gifted painter and pianist, his early popular ballads earned him the title of "poet of the gypsies." In 1930 he turned his attention to theater, visiting remote villages and playing classic and new works for peasant audiences. In 1936, he was murdered.

Federico Garca Lorca was born in 1898, in Andalusia, Spain. A poet and dramatist, and also a gifted painter and pianist, his early popular ballads earned him the title of "poet of the gypsies." In 1930 he turned his attention to theater, visiting remote villages and playing classic and new works for peasant audiences. In 1936, he was murdered. See less