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Federico Garcia Lorca was born near Granada, Spain in 1899. Known foremost as a poet and dramatist, he wrote Romancero Gitano (1928), Blood Wedding (1933), Yerma (1935) and The House of Bernalda Alba (1936) before he was murdered by Franco's supporters in the first months of the Spanish Civil War, aged 37. This biography aims to give a thorough account of Lorca's literary development and traces his background, dealing with his family, his homosexuality and the mysterious circumstances of his death. The book will be of interest to schools and colleges which teach Spanish and to anyone interested in Spanish literature.Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber
ISBN-139780571148158
eBay Product ID (ePID)89152859
Product Key Features
Book TitleFederico Garcia Lorca: a Life
AuthorIan Gibson
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year1989
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages560 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorIan Gibson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom