The Council of Granada organises the ‘Federico Route’ programme, where high school students from all over Andalusia learn about the life and works of the poet from Fuente Vaqueros, in a fun and entertaining way. On the route they visit the Lorca house museum, take part in a riddle workshop and see an exhibition of […]
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Lorca’s Gypsy Ballads come to life thanks to a crowdfunding campaign and 250 artists
Over 250 artists from all over Spain have gathered to create an illustrated edition of Lorca’s Gypsy Ballads in a collaborative way. They have achieved it thanks to a crowdfunding campaign that has multiplied by eight the amount of money they demanded initially. This has been possible because in 2017 the work of Federico García […]
The investigation of Federico García Lorca’s crime is revived in the comic La araña del olvido
‘La araña del olvido’ is a graphic novel that talks about the unforeseen events in the life of a North American writer, Agustín Penón, who arrived in Granada in 1955 to attempt to clear up the details surrounding the murder of Federico García Lorca. Enrique Bonet makes use of comic to get closer to the […]
Fernando Valverde, the poet who links Lorca and the Dalai Lama
He started studying Journalism but then switched to Hispanic Studies. The Grenadian poet Fernando Valverde gives classes at the University of Emory, one of the most prestigious in the USA. Here he teaches poetry in Spanish. In 2014 he was nominated for a Latino Grammy in recognition of his collaborative work with singer Juan Pinilla […]