Pagine1898–1936 · Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain · also known as Lorca, Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico García Lorca is Spain’s most beloved modern poet and playwright. His Gypsy Ballads (1928) blend Andalusian folk song with startling imagery, and his rural tragedies — Blood Wedding (1933), Yerma (1934) and The House of Bernarda Alba (1936) — explore passion, honour and the constraints on women. He was murdered by Nationalist forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War, aged 38.
Begin with Blood Wedding.
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Federico García Lorca is Spain’s most beloved modern poet and playwright. His Gypsy Ballads (1928) blend Andalusian folk song with startling imagery, and his rural tragedies — Blood Wedding (1933), Yerma (1934) and The House of Bernarda Alba (1936) — explore passion, honour and the constraints on women.
Gypsy Ballads is usually considered Federico García Lorca’s best-known work, followed by Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Most readers start with Blood Wedding.
Both refer to the same writer. Other spellings and names include Lorca, Federico Garcia Lorca.
Federico García Lorca’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download, but many can be borrowed free from your public library or Open Library — we link to them below.