Garcia Lorca - Literature
- Artist/Author/Producer: Federico Garcia Lorca
- Confronting Bodies: Spanish government under Francisco Franco, assassination ordered by Ramon
Ruiz Alonso
- Dates of action: 1936+
- Location: Spain
- Description of the Art Work
- Garcia Lorca is one of the premier literary figures, not only in Spain,
but throughout the world. His work consists of various novels, short
stories, and poetry as well as painting and drawing.
- Description of incident
- On August 19, 1936, Lorca was beaten and assassinated. Though it is
known that the order was given by Ramon Ruiz Alonso, under whose command
he was acting remains a mystery. He was accused of subversive activity,
however evidence today suggests that it was a hate crime in response to
his homosexuality.
- Results of incident
- His entire body of work remained censored until Franco's death in 1975.
This did not, however, prevent him from becoming one of the most widely
read writers in the world.
Source: Kiki Haralambides
