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On This Day in 1898 • 5 January • Federico García Lorca
On This Day in 1898 • 5 January • Federico García Lorca
5th January
ON THIS DAY
Federico García Lorca with his sister Isabel in Granada in 1914
On this day in 1898 the Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca whose works included The House of Bernarda Alba, Blood Wedding and Yerma was born just outside Granada.
In 1936 he was arrested and killed. Confirmation that the assasination was ordered by the military forces came in 2015 with an article in The…
