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Victor Fernández, Expert in Lorca, 90 Years After His Death: "To Say that Federico Had a Premonition of His End Is Nonsense, He Loved to Live"

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Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) has 'disturbed' half the world, as Miguel Poveda, one of his most declared worshipers and a debtor of his work and of his life. Both to open the poet's house in a street in Granada when he was a teenager, and to ask for grants and debt so that Federico will remain alive 90 years after his murder in a ditch of a war that continues to count dead and sing his verses. Víctor Fernández, a journalist and personal frie…

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Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) has 'disturbed' half the world, as Miguel Poveda, one of his most declared worshipers and a debtor of his work and of his life. Both to open the poet's house in a street in Granada when he was a teenager, and to ask for grants and debt so that Federico will remain alive 90 years after his murder in a ditch of a war that continues to count dead and sing his verses. Víctor Fernández, a journalist and personal frie…

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Ninety years after his murder, his figure continues to be used for political, propaganda and editorial purposes, and his death continues to be exploited and his work oversized until other valuable authors are eclipsed.

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This August 18th marks the 90th anniversary of his murder. It is believed that he was shot in a spot between the villages of Víznar and Alfacar, in the province of Granada, in southern Spain. Franco’s regime (1939-1975) forbade to speak of this murder, and Lorca’s figure and work suffered a strong censorship for decades. The post After 90 years of his death, Lorca’s remains are still not found. Why? first appeared on Cubadebate.

The playwright is still alive for the city and the Vega in museums, routes that remember his steps, initiatives to protect his legao and even literary awards Granada will honor Federico García Lorca on the 90th anniversary of his murder

The dream, Camarón sang by the work and grace of Federico García Lorca, goes over time, floating like a sailboat, and this is how the poet, floating on the wind, is presented to the anniversary of his murder. "If they killed me, would you cry a lot?", it is said that he asked the nanny of his nephews, Angelina, hours before the fatal outcome. Early on 18 August 1936, a ravine between Víznar and Alfacar and a shooting when the light appeared. "Th…

In Spain the past is not the past, but a political weapon used daily. Unlike Catalonia, where the anti-Franco consensus of all the Catalanist forces allows for a greater consensus, Spain does not have its historical memory resolved. And the symbol that best represents this failure is the figure of the Granadan poet Federico García Lorca, assassinated 90 years ago, and whose remains have not yet been found. This is undoubtedly an uncomfortable an…

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EuropaFM broke the news on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
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