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Federico Garcia Lorca

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The Resume

    (June 5, 1898-August 19, 1936)
    Member of the avant-garde ‘Generation of 1927'
    Wrote poetry collections ‘Impressions and Landscapes (1918),' ‘Songs (1927),' ‘Gypsy Ballads (1928),' ‘Sonnets of Dark Love (1935)' and ‘A Poet in New York (1940)'
    Wrote plays ‘Marina Pineda (1925)' and the trilogy ‘Blood Wedding (1932),' ‘Yerma (1934)' and ‘The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)'
    Assassinated in 1936
    Portrayed by Andy Garcia in ‘The Disappearance of García Lorca (1997)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a mediocre student when a teenager.
    His first play was about a failed romance between a butterfly and a cockroach (it bombed).
    He broke ties with friends Louis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí because he felt their film ‘Un chien andalou (1929)' mocked him.
    When he was thirty, his wealthy family bankrolled a trip to the United States to help cure his depression.
    At the start of the Spanish civil war he insisted on visiting Granada even though he was endangering his life.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His poems are praised for their skillful combination of surrealism and Andalusian folklore.
    He tirelessly championed on behalf of the poor and oppressed.
    His depression may have been rooted in the need to hide his homosexuality.
    He was murdered in 1936 by General Franco's Fascist militants for his left-wing sympathies.
    The details of his death are unclear, and some believe homophobia not politics motivated his killers.
    His work was banned in Spain until the 1950's (some pieces with homosexual themes remained banned until the 1970's).

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 39 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 94 Votes: 75.53% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 82 Votes: 68.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 81 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 95 Votes: 52.63% Annoying