Federico García Lorca was born on 5 June 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros. A Spanish poet and dramatist born near Granada, García Lorca was one of the leading figures of the Generation of 27. His poetry collections, such as Gypsy Ballads and Poet in New York, mix folk traditions, surreal imagery and themes of love, death and marginalization. His plays Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, which deal with passion and repression in rural Spain, are among the most performed in the Spanish language. He was a friend of Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel and directed a travelling student theatre company. In August 1936, soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War, he was arrested and shot by Nationalist forces near Granada.
Before and after
- 5 March 1898Birth of Zhou Enlai
- 25 April 1898Birth of Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych
- from 25 April 1898 to 11 August 1898Spanish–American War
- 3 May 1898Birth of Golda Meir
- 5 June 1898Birth of Federico García Lorca
- 17 June 1898Birth of M. C. Escher
- 22 June 1898Birth of Erich Maria Remarque
- from 1 July 1898 to 2 June 1899Siege of Baler
- 3 July 1898Founding of Peking University
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