Federico García Lorca

Born

June 5, 1898

Died

August 18, 1936 (aged 38)

Known as

theatre director, lyricist, playwright, poet, writer, composer

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements into Spanish literature.

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