Federico García Lorca is one of the most important Spanish poets and dramatists of the twentieth century. His father owned a farm in the fertile vega surrounding Granada and a comfortable mansion in the heart of the city. His mother was a gifted pianist. He wrote El Maleficio de la mariposa (1920), a play which caused a great scandal when it was produced. He also wrote Libro de poemas (1921), a compilation of poems based on Spanish folklore.
In 1922, he organized the first “Cante Jondo” festival in which Spain’s most famous “deep song” singers and guitarists participated.
In 1936, he was arrested by Franquist soldiers. When they arrived at the cemetery, the soldiers forced García Lorca from the car and finally, they killed him.
His books were burned in Granada’s Plaza del Carmen. Nobody knows where his body rests.
where Federico's body remains are.
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