The poet condemns the frightening, physically and spiritually corrupted city, and escapes to Havana to experience the harmony of a more primitive life.Īfter a short visit to Cuba, García Lorca was back in Spain by 1931, and continued with theatre productions. His suicidal mood was recorded in posthumously published OETA EN NUEVA YORK(1940, Poet in New York), in which he praised Walt Whitman. Unable to speak English he suffered a deep culture shock. In 1929-30 García Lorca lived in the city of New York, on the campus of Columbia University. By 1928, with the publication of RIMER ROMANCERO GITANO he was the best-known of all Spanish poets, and leading member of the 'Generation of 27', which included Luis Cernuda, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, Rafael Alberti and others. In 1927 García Lorca gained fame with his romantic historical play arina Pineda where the scenery was constructed by Salavador Dali and the distinguished actress Margarita Xirgu played the heroine. In 1923 García Lorca earned a degree in law, but the turning point in his literary career was folk music festival Fiesta de Cante Jondo in 1922, where he found inspiration for his work from the traditions of folk and gypsy music. As a writer García Lorca made his debut with 'Libro De Poemas' (1921), a collection of fablelike poems.

Through recitals of his poetry García Lorca became known even before the publication of his first collection. When the two made their notorious short film Un Chien Andalou (1928), García Lorca was offended: He also worked with Salvador Dali and Louis Bunuel in different productions. During this period his friends included the writers Juan Ramón Jiménez. In Madrid he entered the Residence de Estudiantes, a modern college and the intellectual center of the town.

At the same time he studied music collaborating in the 1920s with Manuel de Falla, becoming an expert pianist and guitar player. García Lorca read law at the University of Granada. Spanish poet and dramatist, Lorca was a talented artist and a member of the 'Generation of 1927', a group of writers who advocated avant-gardism in literature.

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