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Lorca's Latest Works Found: a Love Letter Cut Short by the Civil War and an Unpublished Poem

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Scholars are still uncovering works by the Granada poet and playwright, shot 90 years ago for his politics and sexuality. Two biopics about him are due between 2026 and 2027.

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Federico García Lorca was a refugee at the Rosales' house when they took him. This is the shooting of the poet counted through the verses and memories of his friend, who lived in the torment of not having been able to do more.

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In the summer of 1936, Federico García Lorca (Granada, June 5, 1898 - between Víznar and Alfacar, Granada, August 18 or 19, 1936) decided to leave Madrid and go to Granada to spend a short time there. The assassination of the Minister of Finance during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Calvo Sotelo, on July 13, had left him very restless. "July 18 was his saint's day and his father's, and he was going to celebrate them, and also to say goodby…

No matter where you are in Spain, there's a mass grave within 50 kilometers. There are around 6,000 of them across the country, according to Spanish government data. More than 11,000 people remain buried in them, unidentified, executed during the Civil War (1936-1939) that ravaged the European nation or during the subsequent repression of Francisco Franco's regime. These are the government figures. But experts estimate that the number could be b…

The poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca participated fully in the cultural effervescence of the early 1930s. Symbol of the social and political commitment of the artists in the Republic, he was assassinated in August 1936, a month after the coup d'état of the nationalists.

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L'Humanité broke the news on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
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