Frederico Garcia Lorca was one of the great Spanish writers and artists of the 20th Century. In his short lifetime he produced a wide variety of novels, short stories, poetry as well as paintings,drawings and even musical compositions.
He influenced such politically disparate artists as the poet Neruda and the painter Dali.
On August 19, 1936, at the age of 38, Lorca was beaten to death by Franco's falangists along with several other 'disappeared' political opponents of Franco.
While his homosexuality was known even then,
his fascist assassins used this to make his assassination look like a bit of 'rough trade' gone wrong,(see Why Lorca Was Murdered) the real reason for his death was his outspoken defense of the Republic and his criticisms of monarchism,
Catholicism and Fascism.
"I am a poet and nobody shoots poets"
Lorca Works a Bibliography and Index
Death in the Afternoon Biographical Film on Lorca starring Andy Garcia
Film Review By Elana Roston, Miami New Times Nov. 1997
The Ants Cried When the King Died
The poetry and life of F.G. Lorca
Spanish Language Conference Site on Art and Literature
Page dedicated to Lorca
Lorca File
From the International Online File Room On Censorship
Lorca Poem
in Spanish
University of California, San Diego Library
Search page for books/articles on Lorca in the Library
Tour of Lorca's Granada
Tour with links is in Spanish, English and German and
has voice recognition software online.
A Tribute and Biography of Lorca
In English
The page contains the interesting thesis on Why Lorca Was Murdered
Check out his main page for additional information as well.
Audience and Authority in the
Modernist Theater of Federico Garcia Lorca
by C. Christopher Soufas
The House of Bernarda Alba
A review of Lorca's play about family relationships, obsession, sucicide, womens rights, from the Medical Humanities Website
An Online Art Show About Bullfighting
including works by and commentary on Lorca
Garcia Lorca Commemoration & Celebration
23rd Annual Western Pennsylvania Symposium on World Literatures
Friends of Lorca Discussion Group
Maintianed by Michael Crane
Also Links to Amazon Com for purchasing Lorca Books on Line
UPDATED: AUGUST 1, 1998
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