Federico García Lorca(1898-1936)

Writer
Music Department
Composer

Federíco Garcia Lorca was born in the south of Spain (Andalusia) in 1898 and soon became the region's most famous artist. A poet, playwright, artist, musician and lecturer, he wrote groundbreaking plays such as 'Blood Wedding' and 'Yerma'. His support of the Spanish Republic in the 1930s led to his execution in 1936.

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Known for

Take This Waltz

6.5

Soundtrack

2011

Yerma

Writer

Shooting Bernarda

Writer

Homenaje a Lorca

TV Series

Writer

Credits

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Writer

La bola negra
6.7
- based on an idea by
- 2026
Jesús G. Maestro
Podcast Series
- Writer
- 2025
Bernarda Albas Haus
TV Special
- writer
- 2025
Ramón de Rubinat
Podcast Series
- works
- 2025
The House of Bernarda Alba
Short
- written by
- 2024
National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
8.0
- play
- 2023
Lanjarón presenta Origen by MËSTIZA
Music Video
- poem
- 2023
Building Up Yerma
- original writer
- 2023
The curse of the butterfly
Music Video
- Writer
- 2021
La 2 es teatro
TV Series
- play
- 2021
Bernarda
5.8
- play
- 2018
In Memoriam
Short
- Poem 4
- 2018
Ficción sonora
Podcast Series
- Writer
- 2017
National Theatre Live: Yerma
8.4
TV Movie
- Writer
- 2017
La novia de Fede
8.7
Short
- based on play 'Bodas de sangre' by
- 2017

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Personal details

Official site
- Official Foundation
Alternative names
- Federico Carcia
Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
- June 5, 1898
- Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
Died
- August 19, 1936
- Víznar, Granada, Andalucía, Spain(execution by firing squad)
Relatives
- Laura García Lorca(Niece or Nephew)
Other works
Stage: His play, "The House of Bernarda Alba," was performed at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England, with Dame Joan Plowright CBE, Glenda Jackson CBE. Directed by Núria Espert and designed by Ezio Frigerio.
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The highly lyrical nature of his poetry has inspired many musical tributes in particular. He is eulogized in the Clash song "Spanish Bombs" (from the album "London Calling") and the Pogues song "Lorca's Novena" (from "Hell's Ditch). Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen translated one of García Lorca's poems as "Take This Waltz" (from "I'm Your Man") and also named his second child, a daughter Lorca, after him. In 2003 composer Osvaldo Golijov and playwright David Henry Hwang collaborated on a successful opera, "Ainadamar", about García Lorca's last days.