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birth
He was born on June 5, 1898 in the Granada municipality of Fuente Vaqueros, in the bosom of a family with a comfortable economic position, and was baptized as Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca; his father was the landowner Federico García Rodríguez ( 1859-1945) and his mother, Vicenta Lorca Romero (1870-1959), second wife of his father,
school teacher who fostered the literary taste of his son. His first house, in Fuente Vaqueros, is a museum -
studies
He enrolled at the University of Granada to study the careers of Philosophy and Letters and Law. During this time, the young Lorca met with other young intellectuals in the "El Rinconcillo" social gathering at the Alameda café. At the University he received classes from Martín Domínguez Berrueta, professor of Theory of Literature and the Arts, which led to Lorca and to his traveling companions by Baeza, Úbeda, Córdoba, Ronda, León, Burgos and Galicia. -
his first book
These trips to different parts of Spain were those that awakened his vocation as a writer. In fact, fruit of this arose his first book in prose Impresiones y paisajes, published in 1918, a small anthology of his best prose pages on political issues and their aesthetic interests. -
friends
Between 1919 and 1921, Lorca published Libro de poemas, composed his first Suites, premiered El hexfico de la mariposa and developed other theatrical pieces. Also during this stage, thanks again to the help of Fernando de los Ríos, he had the chance to meet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who would influence his vision of poetry and with whom he would become very friendly. -
music
In May 1921, Lorca returned to Granada, thus having the opportunity to meet the master Manuel de Falla, who had settled in the city in September of the previous year. Their friendship led them to undertake several projects around music and other parallel artistic activities. That same year, Lorca wrote the Poema del cante jondo, a work that would not be published until ten years later. -
plays
Falla participated in a private party organized by Federico, Adolfo Salazar and Hermenegildo Lanz, dedicated to two girls of the family, . A Lorca adaptation for blackjack puppets of the Andalusian story "The girl who waters the basil and the inquisitive prince" was represented, an entremés attributed to Cervantes and the Mystery of the Magi, a 13 th century sacramental car.That same year, Lorca and Falla worked in a lyrical operetta, Lola, the comedianta, a work that never ended. -
trips
he traveled to Cadaqués to spend Holy Week at the home of his friend Salvador Dalí. This visit and another longer one in 1927 deeply marked the life and work of both. The result of this intense friendship was the "Ode to Salvador Dalí", which was published in the Revista de Occidente in 1926. In addition, it was Dalí himself who encouraged the writer to begin painting, getting in 1927 to present his first exhibition in the Dalmau Galeries of Barcelona. -
culture and music
In March 1930, he left New York to travel to the city of Havana in Cuba, where he explored Cuban culture and music and worked on new projects such as the public and So spend five years. In June 1930, Lorca was already in Madrid. -
jobs
during his six months in Buenos Aires, he had the opportunity to direct Bodas de sangre, which was represented more than 150 times; Mariana Pineda, The prodigious shoemaker, The retablo of Don Cristóbal and an adaptation of La dama boba by Lope de Vega. Also during this time he had the opportunity to give several conferences and make new friendships, such as Pablo Neruda, Juana de Ibarbourou, Ricardo Molinari, Salvador Novo and Pablo Suero. -
death
In Granada he sought refuge in the house of the family of his friend the poet Luis Rosales, where he felt more secure since. In spite of this, the 16th August 1936, the Civil Guard was there to arrest him.
The poet was accused of "being a spy for the Russians, being in contact with them by radio, being secretary of Fernando de los Ríos and being a homosexual." Federico García Lorca was shot at 4:45 am on the morning of August 18,on the road from Víznar to Alfacar.
