author
Federico García Lorca
1898–1936
A brilliant Spanish poet and playwright, he brought folk tradition, music, and vivid modern imagery together in work that still feels alive today. His life was cut short during the Spanish Civil War, but books like Romancero gitano, Poet in New York, and Blood Wedding made him one of the defining voices of 20th-century literature.
2 Audiobooks
Romancero gitano
by Federico García Lorca
Libro de poemas
by Federico García Lorca
About the author
Born in Fuente Vaqueros, near Granada, in 1898, Federico García Lorca grew up in Andalusia, a region whose songs, landscapes, and popular traditions deeply shaped his writing. He became known as a poet, playwright, and theatre director, and emerged as a central figure in Spain’s Generation of ’27.
Lorca wrote with unusual musicality and emotional force, blending folklore, surreal imagery, and sharp feeling into poetry and drama. He is especially remembered for works such as Gypsy Ballads (Romancero gitano), Poet in New York, Blood Wedding, Yerma, and The House of Bernarda Alba, which explore desire, repression, love, injustice, and the pressures of social convention.
In 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, Lorca was arrested near Granada and killed at the age of 38. His death turned him into a lasting symbol of artistic freedom as well as political tragedy, and his work continues to speak to readers and listeners around the world.