Biography of Federico García Lorca

By AnitaLauAC

  • Birth

    His complete name is Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca. He was born on june 5th, 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada (Spain).
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    Biography of Federico García Lorca

  • University education

    Federico studied Law and Arts at the university of Granada in 1914, his teacher was Domínguez Berruela.

  • First book

    Federico published his first book "Impressions and Landscapes" in 1918. A small anthology of his best pages about question political and his aesthetic interests.

  • The butterfly 's Evil Spell

    Federico wrote his first play "The butterfly 's Evil Spell" in 1919, but the first night of "The butterfly 's Evil Spell" was a failure in 1920.

  • The first festival of the Flamenco singing

    Federico Lorca and Manuel de Falla organized the first festival of the Flamenco singing in 1922. The festival was dedicated to the Flamenco.

  • Literary success and fame

    Federico won literary success and fame with the poems "Songs" (in 1927) and "Gypsy Ballads" (in 1928).

  • Theater director

    Federico was director of the university theater "La Barraca" in 1932, but finally "La Barraca" was disintegrated by the beginning of the civil war.

  • The house of Bernarda Alba

    Federico concluded his masterpiece "The house of Bernarda Alba" in june of 1936.

  • Arrest

    Federico was pursued by civil guard, because he had an anti-fascist position.
    Federico was hid at the house of his friend Luis Rosales in Granada on 9th August,1936. But after, Federico was under arrest by civil guard on 16th August,1936.

  • Death

    Pederico was murdered by civil guard on August 18th,1936 and after, he was buried near Alfacar and Granada in Spain.