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About federico garcia lorca academy of american poets. His father, federico garcia rodriguez, was a landowner, and his mother, vicenta lorca romero, was a teacher. Poet, dramatist, musician and artist, he was the author of the gypsy ballad book 1928 and poet in new york 1940. New directions books, 2005 description xxi, 186 pages. Selected poems by federico garcia lorca, 9780199556014, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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Spains greatest and most wellloved modern poet, lorca has long been admired for the emotional intensity and dark brilliance of his work, which drew on music. Selected poems by federico garcia lorca and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Other contributors garcia lorca, francisco, 19021976, editor. This selection has been the introduction for generations of american readers to the mesmerizing poems of federico garcia lorca 18981937. The selected poems of federico garcia lorca ann arbor. Poet, dramatist, musician and artist, he was the author of the gypsy. Federico garcia lorca was born in 1898 in southern spain. Federico garcia lorca was born in 1898 in fuente vaqueros, a few miles outside granada in the province of andalusia, southern spain.
Selected poems, translated and edited by robert bly beacon press, 1997. By the age of thirty, he had published five books of poems, culminating in 1928 with. He attended the university of granada, the university of madrid where he studied law. Buy selected poems by federico garcia lorca 9780811221627 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. A collection to introduce english readers to the wonders of lorca s poetry this selection has been the introduction for generations of american readers to the mesmerizing poems of federico garcia lorca 18981937. Poetry of the city with federico garcia lorca by rigoberto. The definitive version of lorcas masterpiece, in language that is as alive and molten today as was the original john ashbery. Federico garcia lorca books list of books by author. The selected poems of federico garcia lorca edited by francisco garcia lorca and donald m. Lorca 18981937 is admired all over the world for the lyricism, immediacy and clarity of his poetry, as well as for his ability to encompass techniques of the symbolist movement with deeper psychological shadings.
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