What social, cultural and Historical factors influenced Lorca (The playwright)?
The following long article on Lorca puts his work in a social, cultural and historical context as well as provideing essential biographical information. This is followed by articles on “Blood Wedding”, “The House of Bernard Alba” and “Yerma”. I hope it is helpful. Federico García Lorca June 5, 1898-August 18, 1936 Name: Federico García Lorca Nationality: Spanish Genre(s): Folklore; Plays; Lyric poetry; Ballads; Folk drama; Essays; Experimental poetry Biographical and Critical Essay Federico García Lorca’s reputation rests equally on his poetry and his plays. He is widely regarded as Spain’s most distinguished twentieth-century writer, his work has been translated into at least twenty-five languages, and his name is as familiar to the general reader as those of the novelists Miguel de Cervantes and Benito Pérez Galdós or the dramatists Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderón. Lorca was a major participant in the flowering of Spanish literature that occurred over the years between World War I an
