Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. An emblematic member of the Generation of '27, he was murdered by Nationalist partisans at the age of 38 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Today he is recognised as one of the great artists of modern Spain.

Major works

Poetry

• Impresiones y paisajes ("Impressions and Landscapes", 1918)
• Libro de poemas ("Book of Poems", 1921)
• Canciones ("Songs", 1927)
• Primer romancero gitano ("Gypsy Ballads", 1928)
• Poema del cante jondo ("Poem of Deep Song", 1931)
• Sonetos del amor oscuro ("Sonnets of Dark Love", 1935)
• Primeras canciones ("First Songs", 1936)
• Poeta en Nueva York (published posthumously in 1940, first translation into English as "A Poet in New York", 1988)

Theatre

• El maleficio de la mariposa ("The Butterfly's Evil Spell": written 1919-20, first production 1920)
• Mariana Pineda (written 1923-25, first production 1927)
• La zapatera prodigiosa ("The Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife": written 1926-30, first production 1930, revised 1933)
• Amor de Don Perlimpín con Belisa en su jardín ("Love of Don Perlimpín with Belisa in the garden": written 1928, first production 1933)
• Bodas de sangre ("Blood Wedding": written 1932, first production 1933)
• Yerma (written 1934, first production 1934)
• Doña Rosita la soltera ("Doña Rosita the Spinster": written 1935, first production 1935)
• Retablillo de Don Cristóbal ("The Puppet-Play of Don Cristóbal": written 1931, first production 1935)
• Los títeres de Cachiporra ("The Billy-Club Puppets": written 1928, first production 1937)
• Así que pasen cinco años ("When Five Years Pass": written 1931, first production 1945)
• La casa de Bernarda Alba ("The House of Bernarda Alba": written 1936, first production 1945)
• El público ("The Public": written 1930-1936, first production 1972)
• Comedia sin título ("Untitled Play": written 1936, first production 1986)

Playlets

• El paseo de Buster Keaton ("Buster Keaton goes for a stroll", 1928)
• La doncella, el marinero y el estudiante ("The Maiden, the Sailor and the Student", 1928)
• Quimera ("Dream", 1928)

Filmscripts

• Viaje a la luna ("Trip to the Moon", 1929)