Frederico Garcia Lorca

Frederico Garcia Lorca was one of the great Spanish writers and artists of the 20th Century. In his short lifetime he produced a wide variety of novels, short stories, poetry as well as paintings,drawings and even musical compositions. He influenced such politically disparate artists as the poet Neruda and the painter Dali. On August 19, 1936, at the age of 38, Lorca was beaten to death by Franco’s falangists along with several other ‘disappeared’ political opponents of Franco…