Jasmine GarciaHonors English 12

FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA

In the Times of Lorca• Born June 5, 1898• Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain• Unique child; real life inspirations; dedicated life to his art• Sacred Heart University, Law and Philosophy/ University of Madrid/ Colombia University• Generacion del 27• First drama, The Butterfly’s Evil Spell(1920)• First poem collection, Romancero Gitano• Own theatre company• Died August 19, 1936; Spanish Civil War(1936-1939) Casualty• Outlawed writings until 1971• Martyr, politically oppressed• Today greatest Spanish poet and dramatist 20th Century

Selected Major Works

• Canciones (1927)• El poema del Cante Jondo (1932)• Impresiones y viajes (1918)• In Search of Duende (1998)• Lament for the Death of a

Bullfighter and Other Poems (1937)• Libro de poemas (1921)• Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

(1935)• Poeta en Nueva York ("Poet in New

York") (1940)• Romancero Gitano ("The Gypsy

Ballads") (1928)• Selected Poems (1941)

• Amor de Don Perlimplin con Belisa en su jardin (1931)• Bodas de sangre ("Blood

Wedding") (1933)• El malificio de la mariposa

(1920)• La casa de Bernarda Alba ("The

House of Bernarda Alba") (1936)• La zapatera prodigiosa ("The

Shoemaker's Marvelous Wife") (1930)• Mariana Pineda (1927)• The Comedies (1955)• Yerma (1934)

Poetry Collections Dramas/Plays

Ditty of First DesireEn la mañana verde,quería ser corazón.Corazón.Y en la tarde maduraquería ser ruiseñor.Ruiseñor.(Alma,ponte color de naranja.Alma,ponte color de amor)En la mañana viva,yo quería ser yo.Corazón.Y en la tarde caídaquería ser mi voz.Ruiseñor.¡Alma,ponte color naranja!¡Alma,ponte color de amor!

• Heart- love, strong, life• Nightingale- animal, bird, free of barriers• Connections to the soul• The heart wants to be heard

In the green morningI wanted to be a heart.A heart.And in the ripe eveningI wanted to be a nightingale.A nightingale.(Soul,turn orange-colored.Soul,turn the color of love.)In the vivid morningI wanted to be myself.A heart.And at the evening's endI wanted to be my voice.A nightingale.Soul,turn orange-colored.Soul,turn the color of love.