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The major points in García Lorca's life and career often seem to have coincided with significant events in the historical and political arena.

Works in Biographical and Historical ContextĪrabic Roots García Lorca was born and raised in rural Andalusia, the southernmost province of Spain and a region greatly influenced by Arabic and Gypsy culture. García Lorca was a major participant in the flowering of Spanish literature that occurred over the years between World War I and the Spanish Civil War, and he is normally categorized as a leading member of the group of artists known as the Generation of 1927. He is widely regarded as Spain's most distinguished twentieth-century writer. Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter, and Other Poems (1935)įederico García Lorca's reputation rests equally on his poetry and his plays. BORN: 1898, Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain