Federico García Lorca
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| - | '''Federico García Lorca''' ([[June 5]], [[1898]] – [[August 19]], [[1936]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. An emblematic member of the [[Generation of '27]], he was killed by Nationalist partisans at the age of 38 at the beginning of the [[Spanish Civil War]]. | + | '''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 killed by Nationalist partisans at the age of 38 at the beginning of the [[Spanish Civil War]]. Lorca was friends with [[Dalí]] and [[Buñuel]] and is often called a Surrealist though he never officially joined the group; he broke contact with Dalí and Buñuel in 1929 when he interpreted their film, ''[[Un chien andalou]]'' (''An Andalusian Dog''), as an attack on him. |
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| + | ==List of major works== | ||
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| + | ===Poetry collections=== | ||
| + | * ''[[Impresiones y paisajes]]'' (''Impressions and Landscapes'' 1918) | ||
| + | * ''Libro de poemas'' (''Book of Poems'' 1921) | ||
| + | * ''Poema del cante jondo'' (''Poem of Deep Song''; written in 1921 but not published until 1931) | ||
| + | * ''Suites'' (written between 1920 and 1923, published posthumously in 1983) | ||
| + | * ''Canciones'' (''Songs'' written between 1921 and 1924, published in 1927) | ||
| + | * ''Romancero gitano'' (''[[Gypsy Ballads]]'' 1928) | ||
| + | * ''Odes'' (written 1928) | ||
| + | * ''Poeta en Nueva York'' (written 1930 – published posthumously in 1940, first translation into English as ''[[Poet in New York]]'' 1940) | ||
| + | * ''Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías'' (''Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías'' 1935) | ||
| + | * ''Seis poemas gallegos'' (''Six Galician poems'' 1935) | ||
| + | * ''Sonetos del amor oscuro'' (''Sonnets of Dark Love'' 1936, not published until 1983) | ||
| + | * ''Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter and Other Poems'' (1937) | ||
| + | * ''Primeras canciones'' (''First Songs'' 1936) | ||
| + | * ''The Tamarit Divan'' (poems written 1931–34 and not published until after his death in a special edition of ''Revista Hispánica Moderna'' in 1940). | ||
| + | * ''Selected Poems'' (1941) | ||
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| + | ===Select translations=== | ||
| + | * ''Poem of the Deep Song – Poema del Cante Jondo'', translated by Carlos Bauer (includes original Spanish verses). [[City Lights Books]], 1987 ISBN 0-87286-205-4 | ||
| + | * ''Poem of the Deep Song'', translated by Ralph Angel. Sarabande Books, 2006 ISBN 1-932511-40-7 | ||
| + | * ''Gypsy Ballads: A Version of the Romancero Gitano of Federico García Lorca'' Translated by Michael Hartnett. Goldsmith Press 1973 | ||
| + | * "Poet in New York-Poeta en Nueva York", translated by Pablo Medina and Mark Statman (includes original Spanish, with a preface by Edward Hirsch), Grove Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8021-4353-2; 0-8021-4353-9 | ||
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| + | ===Plays=== | ||
| + | * ''Christ: A Religious Tragedy'' (unfinished 1917) | ||
| + | * ''[[El maleficio de la mariposa]]'' (''The Butterfly's Evil Spell'': written 1919–20, first production 1920) | ||
| + | * ''[[Los títeres de Cachiporra]]'' (''The Billy-Club Puppets'': written 1922-5, first production 1937) | ||
| + | * ''[[Retablillo de Don Cristóbal]]'' (''The Puppet Play of Don Cristóbal'': written 1923, first production 1935) | ||
| + | * ''[[Mariana Pineda]]'' (written 1923–25, first production 1927) | ||
| + | * ''[[La zapatera prodigiosa]]'' (''The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife'': written 1926–30, first production 1930, revised 1933) | ||
| + | * ''[[Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín]]'' (''Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in his Garden'': written 1928, first production 1933) | ||
| + | * ''[[El público]]'' (''The Public'': written 1929–30, first production 1972); only an incomplete draft is known | ||
| + | * ''[[Así que pasen cinco años]]'' (''When Five Years Pass'': written 1931, first production 1945) | ||
| + | * ''[[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) | ||
| + | * ''[[Comedia sin título]]'' (''Play Without a Title'': written 1936, first production 1986) | ||
| + | * ''[[La casa de Bernarda Alba]]'' (''The House of Bernarda Alba'': written 1936, first production 1945) | ||
| + | * ''[[Los sueños de mi prima Aurelia]]'' (''Dreams of my Cousin Aurelia'': unfinished) | ||
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| + | ===Short plays=== | ||
| + | * ''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) | ||
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| + | ===Filmscripts=== | ||
| + | * ''Viaje a la luna'' (''Trip to the Moon'' 1929) | ||
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| + | ===Operas=== | ||
| + | * ''Lola, la Comedianta'' (''Lola, the Actress'', unfinished collaboration with [[Manuel de Falla]] 1923) | ||
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| + | ===Drawings and paintings=== | ||
| + | * ''Salvador Dalí'', 1925. 160x140mm. Ink and colored pencil on paper. Private collection, Barcelona, Spain | ||
| + | * ''Bust of a Dead Man'', 1932. Ink and colored pencil on paper. Chicago, Illinois | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century]] includes ''[[Gypsy Ballads]]'' | ||
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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 killed by Nationalist partisans at the age of 38 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Lorca was friends with Dalí and Buñuel and is often called a Surrealist though he never officially joined the group; he broke contact with Dalí and Buñuel in 1929 when he interpreted their film, Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog), as an attack on him.
Contents |
List of major works
Poetry collections
- Impresiones y paisajes (Impressions and Landscapes 1918)
- Libro de poemas (Book of Poems 1921)
- Poema del cante jondo (Poem of Deep Song; written in 1921 but not published until 1931)
- Suites (written between 1920 and 1923, published posthumously in 1983)
- Canciones (Songs written between 1921 and 1924, published in 1927)
- Romancero gitano (Gypsy Ballads 1928)
- Odes (written 1928)
- Poeta en Nueva York (written 1930 – published posthumously in 1940, first translation into English as Poet in New York 1940)
- Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías 1935)
- Seis poemas gallegos (Six Galician poems 1935)
- Sonetos del amor oscuro (Sonnets of Dark Love 1936, not published until 1983)
- Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter and Other Poems (1937)
- Primeras canciones (First Songs 1936)
- The Tamarit Divan (poems written 1931–34 and not published until after his death in a special edition of Revista Hispánica Moderna in 1940).
- Selected Poems (1941)
Select translations
- Poem of the Deep Song – Poema del Cante Jondo, translated by Carlos Bauer (includes original Spanish verses). City Lights Books, 1987 ISBN 0-87286-205-4
- Poem of the Deep Song, translated by Ralph Angel. Sarabande Books, 2006 ISBN 1-932511-40-7
- Gypsy Ballads: A Version of the Romancero Gitano of Federico García Lorca Translated by Michael Hartnett. Goldsmith Press 1973
- "Poet in New York-Poeta en Nueva York", translated by Pablo Medina and Mark Statman (includes original Spanish, with a preface by Edward Hirsch), Grove Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8021-4353-2; 0-8021-4353-9
Plays
- Christ: A Religious Tragedy (unfinished 1917)
- El maleficio de la mariposa (The Butterfly's Evil Spell: written 1919–20, first production 1920)
- Los títeres de Cachiporra (The Billy-Club Puppets: written 1922-5, first production 1937)
- Retablillo de Don Cristóbal (The Puppet Play of Don Cristóbal: written 1923, first production 1935)
- Mariana Pineda (written 1923–25, first production 1927)
- La zapatera prodigiosa (The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife: written 1926–30, first production 1930, revised 1933)
- Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín (Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in his Garden: written 1928, first production 1933)
- El público (The Public: written 1929–30, first production 1972); only an incomplete draft is known
- Así que pasen cinco años (When Five Years Pass: written 1931, first production 1945)
- 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)
- Comedia sin título (Play Without a Title: written 1936, first production 1986)
- La casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba: written 1936, first production 1945)
- Los sueños de mi prima Aurelia (Dreams of my Cousin Aurelia: unfinished)
Short plays
- 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)
Operas
- Lola, la Comedianta (Lola, the Actress, unfinished collaboration with Manuel de Falla 1923)
Drawings and paintings
- Salvador Dalí, 1925. 160x140mm. Ink and colored pencil on paper. Private collection, Barcelona, Spain
- Bust of a Dead Man, 1932. Ink and colored pencil on paper. Chicago, Illinois
See also
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