Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca was not only a brilliant creator but also a gifted pianist and draftsman, a prodigious one-man showman capable, like Yorick, of making everyone at the table —and the entire theater— laugh. "Intensified Hispanic expression": that's how Dámaso Alonso defined him. But he had a sad, even tormented, side that few saw. Murdered in 1936 by the fascists of Granada —exactly ninety years ago— he is today the most translated and beloved Spanish poet and playwright of all time. Having been able to dedicate so many years to studying the man, his work, and his world is the greatest privilege life has granted me.