num_pages: 592
description: Back in print to coincide with the release of the upcoming motion picture Death in Granada on the life of Lorca, this "monumental biography" (New York Times) goes to the heart of his explosive genius. When, at the age of 38, Federico Garcia Lorca was executed by anti-republican rebels during the Spanish Civil War, he was already one of the world's most celebrated poets and playwrights.
language: English
title: Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life
titlecomplete: Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life
characters: Federico García Lorca
genres: History, Biography, Spain, Spanish Literature, Biography Memoir, Poetry, Politics, Spanish Civil War, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 274
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Duff Cooper Prize
publisher: Pantheon