by Ian Gibson · B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466657754
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In 'Poeta en Granada', Ian Gibson guides us through a journey through the life of Federico García Lorca in the city he loved so much. This book is a must-read for admirers of Lorca and lovers of Granada, Gibson illuminates the poet's relationship with the most emblematic places of the city and its surroundings, from his childhood in the Vega to his visits to the Alhambra with Manuel de Falla. The author recreates the aspects of the Albaicín and the caves of Sacromonte that inspired his work, without forgetting the customs and legends that Lorca transferred to his lyrical and theatrical creation. Gibson, the world's leading expert on Lorca, offers us a unique and personal vision of the poet and his Granada.
Ian Gibson is an Irish author and Hispanist known for his biographies of the poet Antonio Machado, the artist Salvador Dalí, the bibliographer Henry Spencer Ashbee, the filmmaker Luis Buñuel, and particularly his work on the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, for which he won several awards, including the 1989 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography. His work, La represión nacionalista de Granada en 1936 y la muerte de Federico García Lorca was banned in Spain under Franco.
