Federico García Lorca

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Early years
Early poetry and plays
Romancero gitano
Later poetry and plays

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Early 20th century black and white portrait of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, seated and resting his face on his hand.

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

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The MY HERO Project - Federico Garcia Lorca: His Life in Brief
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Poetry Foundation - Biography of Federico Garcï¿½a Lorca
NPR - Rediscovering The Intricate Verse Of Federico Garcia Lorca
Academy of American Poets - Biography of Federico Garcï¿½a Lorca
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Federico García Lorca

Spanish writer

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History

Federico García Lorca (born June 5, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros, Granada province, Spain—died August 18 or 19, 1936, between Víznar and Alfacar, Granada province) was a Spanish poet and playwright who, in a career that spanned just 19 years, resurrected and revitalized the most basic strains of Spanish poetry and theatre. He is known primarily for his Andalusian works, including the poetry collections Romancero gitano (1928; Gypsy Ballads) and Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (1935; “Lament...

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