Federico García Lorca

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca;^[1] (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads during the Spanish Civil War.^[2][3][4] He was gay.^[5] In 2008, a Spanish judge opened an investigation into Lorca's death. The Garcia Lorca family eventually dropped objections to the excavation of a potential gravesite near Alfacar. However, no human remains were found.^[6][7]

Federico García Lorca
García Lorca in 1932
Born	Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898-06-05)5 June 1898 Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Died	19 August 1936(1936-08-19) (aged 38) Near Alfacar, Granada, Spain
Occupation	Dramatist, poet, theatre director
Nationality	Spanish
Period	Modernism
Literary movement	Generation of '27

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Lorca.

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