How did the Spanish Civil War affect the Generation of 1927?

The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) had a devastating impact on the Generation of 1927, effectively ending the group's period of prominence and blunting the highly experimental, aesthetic style they had cultivated.12

By the end of the conflict in 1939, many members of the generation were either dead or forced into exile. The war’s violence and the subsequent political climate fundamentally altered the trajectory of Spanish literature, as poets moved away from the group's earlier, often abstruse aestheticism toward different thematic concerns.21

The personal and collective toll was profound:
* Loss of Life: Federico García Lorca, a central figure of the movement, was executed by a Nationalist firing squad during the early months of the war.3
* Exile: Many writers, such as Concha Méndez and Ernestina de Champourcin, fled Spain, with their later work often reflecting the trauma, anguish, and pessimism caused by the conflict and their displacement.4
* Shift in Themes: For those who remained or continued writing, the war introduced themes of social justice, political commitment, and existential suffering, replacing the earlier focus on pure, experimental poetry.42